This is a $124,944.00 firm-fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to NEI Corporation, a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract is for the development of a new generation of icing mitigation technology for manned and unmanned vehicles, combining a durable anti-ice coating with an active deicing device. This effort is intended to improve the performance and durability of...
This is a firm-fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Materials Modifications Inc. (MMI), a minority-owned small business, for the development of a thin-film hybrid coating to mitigate ice accumulation on aircraft. The $125,000 contract aims to develop and evaluate a two-layer coating solution, with a super-hydrophobic top layer to combat supercooled water droplets and a silicone elastomer base layer to reduce ice adhesion. Phase I efforts...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Microengineered Metals Inc., a woman-owned small disadvantaged business. The contract is focused on developing a hybrid solution to mitigate the in-flight icing hazard for the aviation industry. The proposed approach involves polishing aluminum airfoils to ultra-low surface roughness levels (down to 10 nm) to significantly reduce ice adhesion strength, as...
This is a $748,072 firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase 2 contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to NEI Corporation, a small disadvantaged business, to develop a self-healing insulative coating for the metallic bearings of space suit assemblies. The coating is intended to mitigate potential shock hazards posed by the exposed metallic components in the space environment. The contract builds upon the successful proof-of-concept demonstrated in the previous SBIR Phase 1...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $124,941.00 Firm Fixed Price contract to Innovative Dynamics Inc., a for-profit small business organization, to develop a Low Power Rechargeable Anti-Icing System for Urban Air Mobility Vehicles under the SBIR Program Phase I. The contract is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside and will be performed in Ithaca, NY. Innovative Dynamics Inc. has previously provided research, development, and prototype manufacturing of...
This is a $148,855.00 firm fixed-price Phase I SBIR contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Innovative Dynamics Inc., a for-profit organization located in Ithaca, NY. The contract is for the research and development of erosion-tolerant passive anti-icing materials for urban air mobility (UAM) rotor blades. This contract has a total small business set-aside designation. Innovative Dynamics Inc. has previously performed research, development, and prototype...
This is a $125,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to NEI Corporation, a self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Piscataway, New Jersey. The contract aims to develop advanced lithium-ion battery technologies to meet the energy storage needs for NASA's extravehicular activities. The program seeks to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of a new class of lithium-ion batteries that...
Innovative Dynamics Inc. was awarded a firm fixed price, definitive contract valued at $743,870 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The Phase II Small Business Innovation Research contract calls for the development of an icing hazard management system for urban air mobility vehicles. This system will incorporate fast response icing sensors and look-ahead light detection and ranging integrated with a low power rotor blade anti-icing system, as...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $749,311.00 Firm Fixed Price contract to Allcomp Inc. Aeronautics Division, a small disadvantaged business manufacturer, to develop a novel, functionally graded coating system for reusable, very high temperature applications. This Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract builds on the success of a prior Phase I effort, with the goal of advancing the state-of-the-art in carbon-carbon coated nozzle extensions...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $125,000.00 Firm Fixed Price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Transition45 Technologies Inc., a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business. The contract examines the feasibility of an innovative surface modification technology incorporating friction stir reaction processing to produce engineered alloy structures or conventional parts with enhanced wear, environmental, and/or creep-fatigue...