Definitive Contract NNC07CB30C

This firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase II contract, valued at $754,955, was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc. (IOS) to develop an oxygen-insensitive pressure-sensitive paint (PSP) system. The contract aims to create a temperature-compensated true ambient pressure-sensitive paint that can be used to characterize flow around structures in hypersonic wind tunnels. IOS has already developed the initial coating materials and tested them...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Innovative Scientific Solutions Inc. (Issi), a small business engineering research and development company. The $124,923 contract supports continued development of Issi's fast pressure-sensitive paint (Fast PSP) system, which demonstrated significant advances in unsteady pressure measurement capabilities during testing at the Arnold Engineering Development...

This is a $49,694 firm-fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Innovative Scientific Solutions Inc. (Issi), a small business engineering research and development company. The contract is for the development of a "WALL INTEGRATED PRESSURE-SENSITIVE PAINT ILLUMINATION FOR IMPROVED FLOW QUALITY", which involves research and development of innovative diagnostic techniques, fundamental concepts, and...

This federal contract award to Physical Optics Corporation (POC), a small business prime contractor, was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to address the agency's need for in-situ sensor systems for use on rigid and/or flexible ablative Thermal Protection System (TPS) materials. POC proposed to develop a novel Embedded Multifunctional Optical Sensor (EMOS) system that can accurately measure multiple TPS response parameters, including temperature, heat flux, and...

The Physical Optics Corporation (POC) was awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II contract (NNX16CA04C) from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to continue the development of a novel Embedded Multifunctional Optical Sensor (EMOS) system. The EMOS is designed to measure multiple thermal protection system (TPS) parameters, including temperature, heat flux, and pressure, for use on rigid and/or flexible ablative TPS materials. The contract has a...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Opto-Knowledge Systems Inc. (Oksi), a small business based in Torrance, California. The contract value is $125,000.00 and the work focuses on developing a minimally invasive in-flight diagnostic system to measure heat shield recession during flight tests. The proposed concept involves using specially designed heat shield plugs with trace indicator materials and a remote spectral sensor to detect when each...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by NASA to Opto-Knowledge Systems Inc. (Oksi), a small business provider of advanced electro-optical sensor systems and technologies. The $1,230,826 contract was awarded on June 9, 2016 and is focused on developing a minimally invasive in-flight diagnostic to measure heat shield recession during flight tests. This will allow for validation of models and optimization of heat shield design to reduce weight while...

This federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) supports the development of a novel, non-invasive method to monitor the condition of thermal protection system (TPS) materials used on spacecraft during reentry. The contract, valued at $120,735.00, was awarded to Jentek Sensors, Inc., a small business manufacturer of specialized sensor technologies, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The proposed solution incorporates innovative...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI), a small business R&D company based in Andover, Massachusetts. The $1,799,846.79 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the development of a laser paint mapping system under the SBIR program. The contract is designated as a total small business set-aside. PSI has previously performed SBIR and STTR contracts for various government agencies,...

This is a $100,640.91 training grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Notre Dame. The contract is focused on developing unsteady pressure-sensitive paint (PSP) and high-temperature temperature-sensitive paint (TSP) for use in production wind tunnel testing. The research aims to characterize and reduce sources of error in unsteady PSP measurements, as well as develop new TSP formulations capable of withstanding temperatures over 1000K for...