This is a $500,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Honeybee Robotics, Ltd., a subsidiary of Ensign-Bickford Industries, Inc. The grant is for a research project to increase the fidelity of lunar surface testing for sample collection. Honeybee Robotics will work with Masten Space Systems to mimic the expected plume effects from landing on the Moon, using existing PlanetVac hardware and developing test methodologies to...
This is a $449,663 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Honeybee Robotics LLC, a manufacturer of advanced robotic and spacecraft systems. The award is for a balanced science program focused on scientific research of, on, and from the Moon, Lunar orbit, Mars, and beyond. The work will participate as a key partner and enabler in NASA's Exploration Initiative, advancing discovery in emerging fields and developing a directorate-wide, target-user focused...
This is a $15,240,398.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded to Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to provide one-meter class drilling systems for planetary exploration under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is not set aside. Honeybee Robotics is a subsidiary of Ensign-Bickford Industries, which has a history of providing energetic and aerospace solutions to the U.S. federal government through contracts and grants. This...
This $150,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center to Honeybee Robotics, Ltd., doing business as Honeybee Robotics Craft Mechanisms, a for-profit subchapter S corporation. The contract is part of NASA's Earth Science Technology Office/Advanced Component Technology major program and will support the Assemblers Project, which aims to transform in-space assembly efforts by applying the latest...
This is a $124,877 Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. to develop a robotic system for building landing pads on planetary bodies like the Moon and Mars. The objective is to excavate, sort, and deposit in-situ regolith (surface material) to create a stabilized surface for repeated landings and takeoffs. This supports NASA's space exploration goals and addresses issues observed...
This is a firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Honeybee Robotics, Ltd., doing business as Honeybee Robotics Craft Mechanisms, for the development of one-meter class drilling systems for planetary exploration under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract has a potential value of $2,217,416.00 and was set aside for small businesses. Honeybee Robotics, a subsidiary of Ensign-Bickford Industries, Inc., has...
This federal contract award was granted by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Honeybee Robotics LLC, a for-profit limited liability company in Longmont, Colorado. The $2,995,922 grant is for research related to the ROSES (Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences) funding opportunity, which aims to execute a balanced science program, participate in the agency's exploration initiative, and advance discovery in emerging fields. The contract is not set aside for any specific...
This contract award is for field testing of honeybee robotics systems from Honeybee Robotics LLC, a technology and product development company specializing in advanced robotic and spacecraft systems. The contract, valued at $73,120.00, was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract is a firm-fixed-price purchase order with an ultimate completion date of October 31, 2024. This contract does not have a set-aside designation,...
Honeybee Robotics, LTD., doing business as Honeybee Robotics Craft Mechanisms and a subsidiary of Ensign-Bickford Industries, Inc., has been awarded a $1,000,518 firm fixed price definitive contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the research and development of robotic in-situ resource utilization technologies to construct planetary landing and launch pads. The contract is associated with Phase III of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and will...
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...