This is a $99,992 firm fixed-price Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA's Ames Research Center to Balcones Technologies LLC, a small business in Georgetown, Texas. The contract is for the development of an actively controlled electromechanical suspension (EMS) system for high-performance off-road planetary rovers. The proposed system aims to dramatically improve rover mobility and stability by adapting suspension technology originally developed at the...
Balcones Technologies LLC has been awarded a firm fixed price purchase order totaling one hundred forty-nine thousand nine hundred fifty-seven dollars for research under the Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I solicitation. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center contract tasks Balcones with developing brushless doubly fed motor technologies for electric aircraft propulsion through February 2024. Performing work from its Sun City, Texas location,...
This is a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Balcones Technologies LLC, a small business based in Sun City, Texas. Under the contract, Balcones Technologies and the University of Texas Center for Electromechanics will further develop an advanced concept for megawatt-class, high-voltage, variable-frequency aircraft electric propulsor motors. This builds upon their prior successful Phase I STTR...
This is a $84,334.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Balcones Technologies LLC, a small business based in Georgetown, Texas. The contract was awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III, and is for the development of the BDFM (Brushless Doubly Fed Motor) system. This work builds upon Balcones' prior SBIR Phase I and Phase III contracts with NASA and the U.S. Navy to advance their brushless doubly...
This is a STTR Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Extreme Diagnostics, Inc., a small business. The contract is for the development of a compact vibration-based energy conversion module (ECM) that can power sensors for structural health monitoring applications on programs such as the Rocket Propulsion Test (RPT) program, the International Space Station (ISS), and the Orion deep space vehicle. The contract has a ceiling value of $750,000.00 and...
This is a $123,420.00 firm fixed-price Definitive Contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Lorand Technologies Inc., a for-profit small business organization. The contract is for the delivery of Wireless Vibration Monitors for Advanced Propulsion Systems Ground Testing, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract has a completion date of February 18, 2020 and is a Total Small Business set-aside.
This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded to Shock TECH Inc., a small business manufacturer, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The $124,998.00 contract is for the ROBUST ISOLATION FOR VIBRATION ABATING (RIVA) project, which is funded through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract requires Shock TECH Inc. to conduct research and development on vibration isolation and dampening technologies for potential...
This is a $898,745.00 Firm Fixed Price definitive contract awarded by the NASA Shared Services Center to Apptronik Inc., a small business based in Austin, Texas. The contract is for the development of a "Dynamically Balanced Iso-Elastic Mobile Manipulation Platform" under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III program. This contract award is a total small business set-aside and is focused on further research and development of advanced robotic technologies that can...
This is a $749,910 Firm Fixed Price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Digital Optics Technologies Inc., a small business corporation. The contract is focused on developing two parallel technologies - an Active Fast Light Optical Gyroscope/Accelerometer (AFLOGA) based on a rubidium vapor Raman laser, and an Active Fast Light Fiber-Optic Sensor (AFLIFOS) based on a fiber...
This federal contract award, with ID 80NSSC22CA119, was made to Shock TECH Inc., a small business manufacturer and supplier of specialized mounting, vibration dampening, and shock absorption products and services. The contract, valued at $280,784.00, is for the Robust Isolation for Vibration Abating (RIVA) project under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II program administered by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The contract is a Firm Fixed Price...