Definitive Contract MSFC0199907DNAS899111

NASA has awarded a $122,528 firm fixed price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to TGV Rockets Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, to develop a modular pump based on the company's electrocycle motor technology to support the ground testing of nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) systems. NTP is an advanced propulsion concept that NASA is pursuing for potential human missions to Mars. The research aims to address NTP start-up transients, evaluate design...

This is a Small Business Set-Aside contract awarded by the Armstrong Flight Research Center, a civilian agency, to Rolling Hills Research Corporation for a Definitive, Firm Fixed Price Phase II STTR contract valued at $600,000.00. The contract is for the development of a "reusable, oxidizer-cooled, hybrid aerospike rocket motor for flight test", which will utilize the cooling properties of nitrous oxide (N2O) to enable reusable operation of an aerospike nozzle in conjunction with an...

Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories Inc. (GTL), a manufacturer of goods, was awarded a $124,997.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop a high-performance propellant management device (PMD) and liquid acquisition device (LAD) using advanced composite materials. The goal is to achieve mass savings and improved reliability compared to traditional metal-based manufacturing techniques, in support of future...

NASA's Langley Research Center issued a delivery order to Advanced Technologies, Inc. on May 31, 2019, under the Reliance Consolidated Models V (RECOM V) IDIQ for detailed design and fabrication of an advanced rotorcraft testbed, with a ceiling value of $2,329,159. RECOM V is a multiple-award indefinite-delivery contract with NASA Langley Research Center covering design and fabrication of aerospace model systems and developmental test hardware. The order is set aside for total small business....

Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories Inc. (GTL), a small business manufacturer, was awarded a $124,983 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop an innovative Composite Repair System (CRS) for repairing damage to thin-laminate composite cryotanks. The CRS technology is designed to recover the structural capacity of damaged composite structures to within a predetermined percentage of the original performance. In this...

NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center awarded Spaceline Technologies Inc. a $1.22M firm fixed-price purchase order on April 9, 2025, for the procurement and delivery of a Department of Transportation-approved cryogenic transportation trailer capable of storing and transporting both liquid nitrogen (LN2) and gaseous nitrogen (GN2). The trailer was specified to meet a minimum 5,000-gallon capacity with delivery capabilities of LN2 at up to 100 psig and GN2 at up to 1,000 standard cubic feet...

This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center to Advanced Technologies, Inc. (ATI), a small business, to design, analyze, and fabricate a multi-propeller model system to be incorporated with an existing mobile model test stand for the Low Speed Aeroacoustic Wind Tunnel (LSAWT). The $150,050.00 firm fixed-price delivery order is part of the Reliance Consolidated Models IV (RECOM IV) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ)...

This federal contract award to Southwest Research Institute (SwRI), a nonprofit research and development organization based in San Antonio, Texas, is for the "Improvement of Cryogenic Fluid Storage and Transfer Technology for In-Space Propulsion Systems." The goal is to increase the technology readiness level of a tapered channel liquid acquisition device (LAD) design to TRL 5 by characterizing its performance in a relevant environment aboard a suborbital vehicle. The $185,410 grant...

This federal contract award to Advanced Technologies, Inc., a small business aerospace engineering company, is for the design, analysis, and fabrication of a custom rotary union, also referred to as a pneumatic slip ring. The $278,380.00 firm fixed-price delivery order falls under the Reliance Consolidated Models IV (RECOM IV) multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with NASA's Langley Research Center. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation...

NASA Johnson Space Center awarded Moog Inc.'s ISP Division (doing business as Ampac-ISP Corp) a $3.89 million firm fixed-price definitive contract for the manufacture, instrumentation, structural analysis, and testing of five 5-pound-force class nitrogen tetroxide/monomethylhydrazine (NTO/MMH) thrusters—three with columbium combustion chambers and two with platinum/rhodium chambers—designed for the Maxar Heritage LS1300 Series bus. This sole-source procurement was awarded on September 21,...