Definitive Contract NNX15CS02C
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- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center has awarded a Firm Fixed Price $150,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Ultramet, a for-profit manufacturer of advanced materials. The contract is for the "Design and Testing of a High-Efficiency, Low-Mass, Low-Power Gas Generator". This SBIR Phase I action will support research and development efforts related to space technologies. Ultramet has a history of providing...
- This is a $125,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Ultramet, a small business manufacturer of advanced materials. The contract aims to develop innovative melt infiltration processing techniques to optimize the refractory carbide matrix in carbon fiber-reinforced composite materials for use in hypersonic vehicle hot structures. This builds on Ultramet's prior work for NASA and the...
- This SBIR Phase II contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), will support the development of a decay heat solution for Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) systems. The goal is to significantly reduce the amount of hydrogen required to cool down an NTP system after operation. The prime contractor is Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation - Technologies (Usnc-Space), a small business that specializes in advanced nuclear technologies for space applications. The contract...
- This is a $125,000.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Ultramet, a small business manufacturer of advanced materials solutions for extreme environments. The contract is for the research and development of coatings to protect against hot hydrogen in solar-thermal propulsion, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. Ultramet has a history of providing research, development, testing,...
- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Ultramet, a for-profit manufacturer of advanced materials. The contract, valued at $749,715.00, is focused on developing a hybrid rocket ignition system suitable for use with various propellants on a Mars ascent vehicle. Ultramet will partner with Parabilis Space Technologies to design, fabricate, and test this system, which builds on prior work...
- NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $156.5K Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Ultramet, a small business manufacturer specializing in advanced materials for extreme environments. The contract, designated as a total small business set-aside, focuses on developing lightweight zirconium carbide insulation for high-temperature space nuclear propulsion systems, with work to be completed by April 30, 2026. This effort aligns with NASA's broader initiatives to advance...
- This is a $150,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Ultramet, a for-profit manufacturing company specializing in advanced materials solutions. The contract is for the development of high-emissivity chemical vapor deposition (CVD) dendritic rhenium coatings to be used on nuclear electric propulsion (NEP) radiator panels. This SBIR Phase I contract has a firm fixed price and a performance period...
- Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation - Technologies (USNC-Space) has been awarded a $124,844 firm fixed price definitive contract for ultrahigh-temperature material property testing above 2000 degrees Celsius in vacuum and hot hydrogen environments. The contract is associated with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I solicitation and has a total small business set aside designation. Under the contract, USNC-Space will...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $749,939 firm fixed price contract to Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation - Technologies, doing business as Usnc-Space, as part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. Usnc-Space will perform E014042 SBIR Phase II Ultrahigh-Temperature Material Property Testing Above 2000C in Vacuum and Hot Hydrogen for NASA. The work will take place in Austin, Texas over a period of approximately two years, from May 2022...
- This is a $747,651 SBIR Phase II contract awarded by NASA to Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp (Usnc) to develop passive reactor criticality control technology for nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) systems. The goal is to simplify the control of NTP systems and increase their performance during operation, by employing advanced burnable neutron poisons, tuning the hydrogen density, and enhancing the fuel temperature reactivity feedback mechanism. The contract will fund the development of an NTP transient...
This is a $750,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Ultramet, a for-profit manufacturer specializing in advanced materials. The contract is for the "Fabrication and Testing of Nuclear-Thermal Propulsion Ground Test Hardware", which involves designing, fabricating, and testing a system to heat high-pressure hydrogen to temperatures up to 2400 degrees Celsius for nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) ground testing. The Phase I effort demonstrated the feasibility of the selected materials and design approach, and Phase II will focus on scaling up the system to deliver hot hydrogen at flow rates up to 40 pounds per second at pressures up to 2000 pounds per square inch. The modular design approach minimizes programmatic risk by utilizing materials and subsystems with higher technology readiness levels.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| 3 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 6/5/18 | |
| 2 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 3/5/18 | |
| 1 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 5/18/17 | |
| Not listed | Not listed | $750.0k | 5/26/15 |