This federal contract award, valued at $599,944.00, was issued by a U.S. government agency to Advanced Fuel Research, Inc., a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the development of a hybrid/pyrolysis/incineration system for solid waste resource recovery. This system is intended to support NASA's exploration life support initiatives, as Advanced Fuel Research has previously delivered trace contaminant sorbents and a torrefaction...
This is a $747,990 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Advanced Fuel Research, Inc. (AFR) to develop regenerable life support systems, including structured carbon-based trace contaminant sorbents fabricated using 3D printing. The objective is to create a trace contaminant removal system for the Exploration Portable Life Support System (PLSS) used in extravehicular activities (EVAs) that is rapidly...
This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Advanced Fuel Research, Inc., doing business as Advanced Fuel Research, a small business. The contract is for the delivery of advanced multipollutant trace contaminant sorbents for the Exploration Portable Life Support System. The contract has a potential value of $124,976.00 and is a Firm Fixed Price definitive contract under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract award to Astrobotic Technology Inc., a Pittsburgh-based space robotics company, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The $149,974 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of a combined high-speed, thermal, and event camera imaging sensor to support plume-surface interaction studies. As a small business set-aside, this contract is part of the SBIR program, which provides...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II contract to Innovative Imaging & Research Corp, a small business, to develop a compact, high-speed color extreme high dynamic range (COLOR-XHDR) video recording system for rocket engine certification ground testing. The $755,000 fixed-price contract will enable the company to produce engineering-grade video to accurately document rocket motor...
This is a $99,973 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Boulder Nonlinear Systems Inc., a small business that specializes in custom light control solutions. The contract is for the development of a real-time range sensing video camera for human/robot interfacing. This supports NASA's research and development efforts in areas like human monitoring systems for spacecraft. The contract is set aside for small...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Advanced Fuel Research, Inc., a small business located in East Hartford, Connecticut. The $948,570.00 contract is for the development of "Advanced Multipollutant Trace Contaminant Sorbents for the Exploration Portable Life Support System." The contract has a total small business set-aside designation and a performance period ending on October 31, 2025. Advanced Fuel...
This is a $755,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Innovative Imaging & Research Corp, a woman-owned small business. The objective is to develop a low-cost, real-time multispectral imaging system to detect hydrogen fires, which are critical for the safety of NASA's rocket propulsion operations. The system will fuse data from ultraviolet, thermal infrared, mid-wave...
This federal contract award is from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Advanced Fuel Research, Inc. (doing business as Advanced Fuel Research), a small business, for the development of structured, carbon-based trace contaminant sorbents for use in the space suit during extravehicular activities (EVAs). The $124,355.00 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract aims to demonstrate the feasibility of using 3D printing to fabricate...
This is a $124,992.00 Firm Fixed Price purchase order awarded by NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) to Em Photonics Inc., a small business based in Newark, Delaware. The contract is funded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and is designated as a total small business set-aside. The purpose of the contract is to develop technology to automate the configuration of Em Photonics' ATCOM TM-1 system, which is used by NASA AFRC to enhance video from long-range...