Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. (ACT), a small business manufacturer of thermal management solutions, was awarded a $124,996 firm-fixed-price purchase order from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The award, which is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, is for the development of a consumable-based cooling system to enable the survival of Venus landers in the extreme environment of the planet. The proposed system would...
This is a definitive contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Ultra Communications, Inc., a small business prime contractor, for a Fiber-Optic-Distributed Temperature Sensing System. The $749,804 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract was awarded under the SBIR Program Phase II and has a completion date of December 30, 2017. Ultra Communications is a subsidiary of Samtec Inc. and has received prior awards from the Army and Navy for related fiber optic technologies. The contract...
This federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was made to Coolcad Electronics, LLC, a small business, to design, fabricate, and test silicon carbide integrated circuits that are radiation tolerant and capable of high-temperature operation. The intent is to extend the survivability of high-temperature extreme environment missions, which require electronics that can operate above 300°C, a limit exceeded by traditional silicon electronics. The $125,000...
NASA has awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Mainstream Engineering Corporation, a small business manufacturer, to develop an oil-less vapor-compression refrigeration compressor technology capable of operating at high temperatures up to 400 K. This compressor technology is intended to meet NASA's need for space exploration vehicles to reject waste heat to high-temperature heat sinks, particularly for an equatorial lunar mission profile. Mainstream...
Thermavant Technologies LLC, a small business manufacturer of thermal management products, was awarded a $123,288.00 firm-fixed-price contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the SBIR program. The contract is to develop an innovative, passive heat transfer device that can improve spacecraft thermal control systems, specifically around heat acquisition and rejection capabilities. Thermavant proposes to create an advanced oscillating heat pipe-based heat rejection...
This is a $1,345,069.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Research Triangle Institute (RTI International), a non-profit research organization, for the development of ultra-high heat flux thin-film thermoelectric coolers. The contract has no set-aside designation. Major subcontractors include the University of Maryland, College Park, which holds an Other Transaction (OT) Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDV) contract with DARPA for the...
This federal contract award to Ametek Thermal Systems Inc., a division of Ametek Inc., is for the production of a HEAT SINK ASSEMBLY. The $115,650.00 firm-fixed-price contract was issued by the Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP), a component of the U.S. Department of the Navy. There was no set-aside designation for this award. Ametek Thermal Systems, a specialized manufacturer of thermal management products for defense and aerospace applications, has provided similar heat exchangers,...
This firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded to Ametek Thermal Systems Inc., a division of Ametek Inc., by the Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) to provide a heat sink assembly. The $115,650.00 contract has a performance period running through January 26, 2024. Ametek Thermal Systems is a manufacturer of specialized thermal management products, including heat exchangers, fluid gearboxes, and radiator assemblies, that support various aircraft and shipboard systems for the Department of...
This is a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA to Ozark Integrated Circuits Inc., a small business specializing in the development of high-temperature microelectronics and electronics for harsh environments. The $124,961 fixed-price contract is for the development of a self-contained, general-purpose silicon-carbide (SiC) microcontroller that can operate at temperatures up to 500°C. This microcontroller is intended to support NASA's proposed flagship...
The Department of the Army Materiel Command Communications Electronics Command awarded a $12.8 million firm fixed price delivery order to L3 Technologies, Inc. Communication Systems-West Division for SYSTEM IS PHOENIX AN/TSC-156D parts including 5996-01-534-6853, KA- HPA 6625-01-668-7295, and ANALYZER, SPECTRUM. Performance will occur in Salt Lake City, Utah from April 2020 through January 2022. Major subcontractors include Tevet LLC for ANALYZER, SPECTRUM- 10 HZ TO 32 GHZ ANALYZER and...