This is a SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Michigan Aerospace Corporation (MAC), a small business. The contract is valued at $114,654.00 and involves the design, development, and testing of an agile, frequency-tunable Fabry-Perot interferometer (etalon) to be used as an optical filter in a differential absorption lidar (DIAL) system. MAC's expertise in designing and building rugged etalons for NASA and other customers will be...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Coherent Applications, Inc. to develop a laser-based terminal descent sensor. The sensor is designed to provide real-time data on altitude, attitude, and vertical velocity to a vehicle's navigation computer during landing on a near-Earth object or planetary body, with a potential range of over 10 kilometers. The $124,941.00 fixed-price contract is to...
This is a $149,967 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract awarded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to Michigan Aerospace Corporation (MAC), a small business prime contractor. The contract is for research and development (R&D) related to the SBIRSOL2016.1 topic, with an ultimate completion date of May 10, 2017. MAC, a for-profit advanced engineering and products company, has received over $2.4 million in previous federal prime contracts from the Departments of...
This is a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the Shared Services Center of a civilian U.S. government agency to Aerodyne Microsystems Inc. (AMI), a small disadvantaged business, for $125,000.00. The contract is for AMI to investigate the feasibility of a miniaturized, low-power, and inexpensive sensor to provide real-time measurements of particulate matter (PM) in spacecraft cabins such as the International Space Station (ISS). The proposed sensor system...
This federal contract award with ID NNX15CM34P was issued by the Shared Services Center (a civilian agency) to the prime contractor Michigan Aerospace Corporation (MAC) under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) program. The $124,960.00 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the development of the EVADE (Volcanic Ash Detection Raman LIDAR) system, a compact and lightweight LIDAR instrument designed to detect volcanic ash and atmospheric dust from an airborne platform. The purpose is to...
This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Michigan Aerospace Corporation, a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program. The contract, valued at $124,942.00, is for the development of a miniaturized nightglow interferometer to monitor emissions from a CubeSat. Michigan Aerospace Corporation, the prime contractor, has previously received federal contracts and grants totaling...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $150,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Nanosonic Inc., a small business specializing in advanced materials and sensor systems. The contract, titled "ULTRA-WIDE BANDWIDTH, NANOMEMBRANE-BASED PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS FOR ENTRY, DESCENT, AND LANDING APPLICATIONS," is for research and development of pressure transducer technology to support NASA's entry, descent, and landing applications. As a...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Sporian Microsystems, Inc. The contract is valued at $129,990 and is focused on developing high-temperature "smart" P3 sensors and associated electronics for distributed engine control (DEC) architectures. The goal is to advance sensor technology to enable the insertion of new control capabilities in turbine engines, addressing limitations with...
This is a NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded to Sporian Microsystems, Inc. to advance high-temperature pressure sensor technology for distributed engine control (DEC) applications. The $754,984 firm-fixed-price contract supports the design and development of a smart pressure sensor and associated digital electronics to enable monitoring and control of turbine engines. Key objectives include iterating the sensor technology for DEC formats, advancing the...
This is a SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Sporian Microsystems, Inc. to develop a harsh environment pressure sensor for planetary exploration. The contract is valued at $124,998.00 and has a completion date of February 15, 2019. The sensor is intended to withstand the extreme conditions of planetary atmospheres, such as corrosive gases, high radiation levels, stresses, and high temperatures and...