This is a $120,048.00 fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. doing business as Honeybee Robotics Craft Mechanisms. The contract requires Honeybee Robotics to miniaturize a heritage spaceflight motor controller using system-in-package technology to create a smaller, universal solution for controlling brushless DC, permanent magnet synchronous, and microstepping motors...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Center awarded a Firm Fixed Price definitive contract to Honeybee Robotics, Ltd., doing business as Honeybee Robotics Craft Mechanisms, for the "HONEYBEE ROBOTICS COLLABORATIVE ACCEPTANCE AND DISTRIBUTION FOR MEASURING EUROPAN SAMPLES (CADMES) SYSTEM". The contract has a potential value of $700,089.00 and a completion date of July 30, 2021. Honeybee Robotics is a for-profit subchapter S corporation and a...
This federal contract award, valued at $680,146.00, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. for the development and demonstration of a Venus-durable actuator and electronics system. The goal is to enable long-term (60-day) operation on the Venus surface, which can support missions like the Long Lived In Situ Solar System Explorer (LLISSE) lander. The proposed work will leverage Honeybee Robotics' expertise in...
This $213,553.99 federal contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Honeybee Robotics, Ltd., a for-profit subchapter S corporation, on January 4, 2021. The contract supports research and development of autonomous robotic systems for surface exploration of ocean worlds such as Europa, Enceladus, and Titan. This work aims to address the unique and challenging requirements for robotic landers on these destinations. Honeybee Robotics has a history of...
This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Honeybee Robotics, Ltd., doing business as Honeybee Robotics Craft Mechanisms, a small business subchapter S corporation. The contract, valued at $350,000.00, is for the Martian Moons Exploration (MMX) P-Sampler, an SBIR Program Phase III action. Honeybee Robotics, a subsidiary of Ensign-Bickford Industries, Inc., has previously provided drilling systems, robotic interfaces, and sample...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Honeybee Robotics, Ltd., doing business as Honeybee Robotics Craft Mechanisms, for $185,787.00. The contract is for engineering support and hardware for a research and development project related to launch lock verification environmental testing. The contract was awarded on a sole-source basis to Honeybee Robotics as the sole provider of the brassboard...
This federal contract award, valued at $249,891.00, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Honeybee Robotics LLC, a subsidiary of Ensign-Bickford Industries, Inc. The contract is for the delivery of High Conductance Valve (HCV) Actuators to support NASA's Dragonfly mission, a rotorcraft designed to explore Saturn's moon Titan. The original solicitation was a sole-source procurement, as Honeybee Robotics was determined to be the only...
This firm-fixed price federal contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Goddard Space Center, provides $299,252.00 in funding to Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. to support concept development, design, testing, analysis, and general team communication for precision solid sample handling systems for the European Molecular Indicators of Life Investigation (EMILI) project. Honeybee Robotics, a subsidiary of Ensign-Bickford Industries, Inc., has previously supported...
This is a Phase 2 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. for the development of a high-temperature (HT) rotary-percussive drill and pneumatic sample delivery system for use in Venus exploration. The $1,032,848 firm-fixed-price contract builds on prior SBIR work by Honeybee Robotics, which found that a HT trencher and blower-based pneumatic system were not feasible or carried high...
This is a federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. (doing business as Honeybee Robotics Craft Mechanisms) for the Europan Molecular Indicators of Life Investigation (EMILI) Sample Handling System. The contract, valued at $198,806.00, was awarded on December 9, 2019 and has a completion date of June 30, 2021. The contract is a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order with no set-aside designation. Honeybee...
This firm-fixed-price contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters to Honeybee Robotics, LTD., a subchapter S corporation doing business as Honeybee Robotics Craft Mechanisms. The contract is a result of a downselect from awards issued under NASA's NNH15ZDA001N-S3GSI solicitation. The objective is to mature the technology for electric actuators suitable for future robotic missions to the harsh Venus environment, including the development of a brushless DC motor and custom position sensor. The $300,000.00 contract has a period of performance ending on July 31, 2021 and does not have a set-aside designation. Honeybee Robotics is a subsidiary of Ensign-Bickford Industries, Inc. and has previously supported NASA's space exploration goals through the delivery of drilling systems, robotic interfaces, and sample handling mechanisms under other prime federal contracts and grants.