This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Geoplasma LLC, a for-profit limited liability company. The contract is for the development of a multifunctional composite material to provide radiation shielding, enhanced structural integrity, and durability for spacecraft or habitats for NASA's long-duration human space exploration missions beyond low-Earth orbit. The contract has a...
This is a $749,976 fixed-price Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to TDA Research, Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation based in Colorado. The contract aims to develop a novel ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE)-matrix composite material with continuous fiber reinforcement, providing both outstanding radiation shielding and sufficient mechanical properties to serve as a...
This is a $125,000.00 firm fixed price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to TDA Research, Inc., a for-profit small business based in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. The contract supports the development of a polyethylene-matrix composite with continuous fiber reinforcement that has outstanding radiation shielding properties as well as sufficient mechanical strength to be used as a structural material for manned...
This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to STF Technologies LLC, a small business, for the development of an innovative hybrid composite material. The hybrid composite combines shear thickening fluids (STFs) with hard upper torso composite materials to create new structures with superior impact and damage resistance, as well as self-healing functionality. This aligns with the subtopic H04.01 need for thin, lightweight composite materials that can...
This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Kaneka Aerospace LLC, doing business as Applied Poleramic, Inc. (API), for the development of a new generation of structural high hydrogen content matrix materials combined with an interlayer modification approach to create fiber reinforced composite materials with enhanced radiation shielding, damage tolerance, and improved flammability resistance. The...
This is a $124,952 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded to Analyswift, LLC, a small business, by NASA's Shared Services Center. The contract is for STTR Phase I research and development related to modeling the nonlinear viscoelastic and time-dependent yielding behavior of thin-ply composite materials. Analyswift has previously performed research and development for federal agencies including NASA, the Department of the Air Force, and the Army under SBIR and STTR programs, delivering advanced...
This federal contract award was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Nanosonic Inc., a small business manufacturer based in Pembroke, Virginia. The $750,000 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the development of revolutionary multifunctional, self-healing, and radiation-shielding carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites as lightweight materials for space applications such as spacecraft structures and habitat modules. The contract is a Small Business...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories Inc. (GTL Company), a small business manufacturer of advanced aerospace technologies based in Tullahoma, Tennessee. The contract, valued at $124,987, aims to incorporate polyethylene into GTL's Ballistic Hemispherical Layup (BHL) technology to develop a lightweight, multifunctional composite material that can serve as primary, secondary, and interior spacecraft structure while...
This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to Materials Sciences LLC, a small business, for $149,982.42. The contract is for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I effort entitled "Hybrid Thermoplastic Matrix Fabrication Methods for Missile Support." As an SBIR Phase I award, this contract provides early-stage research funding to develop new composite materials and fabrication methods for...
This is a firm fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Analyswift, LLC, a small business. The contract, valued at $124,970.00, is for the development of an "EFFICIENT HIGH-FIDELITY MODELING OF HIGH STRAIN THIN-PLY COMPOSITES" under NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. Analyswift, a leading provider of advanced composite design and analysis software tools, will provide research and...