This is a $124,939.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I award issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to San Diego Composites, Inc. (SDC), a manufacturer of complex composite components, assemblies, engineering, and tooling for the aerospace, defense, and space systems markets. Under this contract, SDC will develop techniques for the reduction and analysis of fiber optic data, with a focus on associating changes in frequency domain behavior with...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to San Diego Composites, Inc. (SDC), a small business based in San Diego, California. The $1,499,352 firm-fixed-price contract was awarded on September 30, 2016, with a final completion date of September 29, 2020. SDC, which also does business as Applied Composites San Diego, is a provider of complex composite components, assemblies, engineering, and tooling to the aerospace,...
This is a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA to San Diego Composites, Inc. (SDC) for the development of a non-invasive environmental sensing system called the "NON-INVASIVE ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING SYSTEM FOR LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT (NIEL)". The NIEL system will integrate a network of fiber optic sensors into composite materials used for spacecraft and space structures, providing real-time data on strain, temperature, radiation, and damage throughout...
This is a Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Materials Research & Design Inc. (Mr&D), a small business subchapter S corporation. The contract, valued at $124,510, is focused on developing a mechanism-based damage model for linerless thin-ply composite pressure vessels, which could be used in space exploration applications. The research involves material testing and health monitoring...
This is a SBIR Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Victor Technologies LLC, a veteran-owned limited liability company. The contract, valued at $749,906.00, is for the development of sophisticated inversion algorithms to improve the nondestructive characterization of advanced composites, such as carbon-fiber reinforced polymers, using electromagnetic methods. The goal is to better distinguish between different types of...
This is a $125,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Luna Innovations Incorporated, a small business manufacturer based in Roanoke, Virginia. The contract supports the development of a multifunctional structural health monitoring solution for lightweight composites used in long-duration space habitats. The solution will combine fiber optic sensors for strain and temperature monitoring with piezo...
This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Technical Data Analysis, Inc. (TDA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The $124,744 contract supports the development of an integrated assessment tool for evaluating thin-ply composite materials and their manufacturing processes for potential use in aerospace structures. The goal is to provide NASA and other industry users with the...
This $124,943 firm fixed-price contract was awarded to San Diego Composites, Inc., a small business, under the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract is for the development of a "game-changing concept" for the in-situ manufacture of advanced composite structures from aboard a spacecraft. The proposed system, called Continuous Advanced Composite Truss (ACT) Printing, can "print" large...
This is a $124,956.00 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Acellent Technologies Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the development, maturation, assembly, and automation of "Flexible Multifunctional Structural Health Monitoring Systems" on non-traditional conformal, bendable, and stretchable substrates for use in space. This...
This is a $899,968 firm-fixed price Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to North Country Composits LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract is for continued research and development of localized 3-D printing techniques for fiber-reinforced composites to support the development of advanced materials for aerospace applications. This follows a previous...