Definitive Contract W15QKN13C0068

This SBIR Phase I contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center, tasks Transition45 Technologies Inc., a minority-owned small business, with developing and demonstrating a novel manufacturing process based on severe plastic deformation to refine and enhance the microstructure and properties of bulk tungsten. Tungsten is a refractory metal that plays an important role in nuclear reactors, including for nuclear thermal propulsion engines,...

This is a $962,220.56 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Research Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM), a Defense agency, to Heavystone Laboratory LLC, a small, minority-owned, Asian-Pacific American-owned limited liability company. The contract is for the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Phase II manufacture of bulk nanocrystalline tungsten alloys. The contract has a period of performance through October 31, 2017. This award is a set-aside for small businesses and does...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to Transition45 Technologies Inc., a minority-owned small business. The $125,000 fixed-price contract seeks to develop a novel grain refinement technology to produce microstructurally enhanced nickel-based superalloy materials (IN625 and Monel 400) with higher strength capabilities for in-space propulsion applications. The work aims to demonstrate a...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Transition45 Technologies Inc., a minority-owned small business. The contract, valued at $189,213.00, continues the development and scaling up of a novel manufacturing process based on severe plastic deformation (SPD) to refine and enhance the microstructure and properties of bulk tungsten. This work supports NASA's mission to advance U.S. energy security...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Reactive Innovations, LLC, a limited liability company, to develop an electrolytic process for coating high-purity tungsten metal onto uranium dioxide spheres. The goal is to create an enabling technology for nuclear thermal propulsion that can improve upon current chemical vapor deposition methods in terms of lowering impurity content, increasing...

This is a $600,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center to Plasma Processes, LLC, a limited liability company that provides materials solutions and manufacturing services for the aerospace, defense, and energy industries. The contract is for research and development of innovative tungsten alloys for advanced propulsion systems. Plasma Processes has previously...

<p>The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $149,819.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Nanoal LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to develop aluminum-based metallic glass alloys for use in the additive manufacturing of high-toughness aerospace components. The contract is a firm-fixed-price purchase order with a completion date of November 27, 2018.</p>

Elmet Technologies LLC, a small business manufacturer of high-purity specialty metals based in Lewiston, Maine, was awarded a $1.8 million Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase II contract (Proposal #L2D-0144) by the Defense Logistics Agency under the Department of Defense's Washington Headquarters Service. The fixed-price, level-of-effort contract focuses on research and development of tungsten 3% rhenium wire manufacturing capabilities. The award, issued on August 30, 2023, was...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center to Transition45 Technologies Inc., a minority-owned small business. The $600,000 contract examines the feasibility of an innovative fabrication technology incorporating sand casting and friction stir processing (FSP) to produce affordable near-net-shape components made from high-performance nickel-based superalloys. This technology has the...

Supercool Metals LLC, a small business specializing in amorphous metals and thermoplastic forming processes, received a $1.68 million Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award from the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support. The contract, designated as SBIR II Proposal L2-0364, supports research and development for efficient fabrication of components for air and space systems through thermoplastic forming of bulk metallic glasses. The award was issued on June 16, 2022, with an...