Full and Open Competition after exclusion of sources
Major Defense Program
Not listed
Pricing Type
Firm Fixed Price
Place of Performance
Pittsburgh, PA 15217, USA
Solicitation Procedures
Negotiated Proposal / Quote
Number Of Offers Received
500
Legislative Mandate
Not listed
National Interest Action
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Research Type
SBIR Program Phase II Action
Primary Consortia Member
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Protoinnovations, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, was awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to develop an innovative retractable robotic anchor for use in hard rock and granular soils. The $749,682.00 firm fixed price contract supports the company's work on a retractable robotic anchor system that can enable the anchoring and repositioning of landers, rovers, and other equipment for NASA's high-priority missions to Mars, the Moon, and asteroids. This technology is aligned with NASA's Robotics, Tele-Robotics, and Autonomous Systems Roadmap and is intended to address challenges related to extreme terrain mobility, small body/microgravity mobility, and forceful interaction between planetary surface systems and their environments. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation.