This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian government agency, to Thermal Expansion Solutions, Inc. (doing business as Allvar), a small business manufacturer of metal alloys. The $799,986.00 contract is for the research and development of an ultra-stable alloy for use in large space telescopes under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation. Thermal Expansion Solutions...
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency awarded a $1,470,389.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II research and development contract to Thermal Expansion Solutions, Inc., a small business manufacturer of metal alloys for applications in space, optics, defense, and scientific instruments. The contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract with an ultimate completion date of April 20, 2026. Thermal Expansion Solutions has received prior federal contract and grant awards from the...
The U.S. Department of Defense Missile Defense Agency awarded a $149,989 firm-fixed-price Definitive Contract to Thermal Expansion Solutions, Inc., a small business manufacturer of metal alloys designed to eliminate thermal expansion effects. This SBIR/STTR Phase I Research & Development contract supports the company's work on tuning thermal expansion in alloys and developing ultra-stable telescope struts for space, optics, defense, and scientific instrument applications. The award is set...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract to Thermal Expansion Solutions, Inc., a small business manufacturer of metal alloys, for a $124,946.00 SBIR Program Phase I research project on "Negative Thermal Expansion Allvar Alloys for High Temperatures." The contract has a period of performance ending on March 1, 2021 and was awarded on August 31, 2020. Thermal Expansion Solutions has previously...
This $125,000 firm fixed price contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Thermal Expansion Solutions, Inc. under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I solicitation. The contract calls for Thermal Expansion Solutions to conduct research and development of novel controlled thermal expansion tuning techniques for ultra-stable Allvar alloy struts intended for use in 10-20 meter class telescopes. The work will be...
This SBIR Phase II contract, valued at $999,999.84, was awarded by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command to Technology Applications, Inc. (TAI), a small business manufacturer of thermal straps and related thermal management products. The contract was set aside for small businesses and is related to the COVID-19 National Interest Action. TAI has previously provided specialty thermal management solutions and components as a subcontractor to...
This is a $167,464.57 firm fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to Materials Sciences LLC, a small business subsidiary of Seemann Composites, LLC. The contract is for a research effort titled "Compact Thermal Solutions Through Advanced Manufacturing Techniques" under the Army SBIR program. As a small business set-aside, this contract supports early-stage research and development of advanced composite materials...
This is a firm-fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the U.S. Army's TACOM Life Cycle Management Command to Thermoanalytics, Inc., a for-profit subchapter S corporation. The $149,561.45 contract is for the development of an in-situ thermal properties measurement instrument. Thermoanalytics is a leading provider of thermal, fluid flow, and infrared modeling software to federal agencies, including the Department of Defense, Army, Navy, Air Force, and...
This federal contract award, with a value of $1,879,397.05, was issued by the Department of the Army to Thermoanalytics, Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation, for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II effort titled "FY23 AIML Open Topic PH2". The current effort continues research conducted under a previous SBIR Phase I contract. This definitive, firm-fixed-price contract is set aside for small businesses and has an ultimate completion date of October 1,...
This award is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 1 contract from the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command to Smart Material Solutions Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract is for highly scalable mastering and roll-to-roll processing of tunable spectral absorbers, valued at $162,500.00. As an SBIR Phase 1 contract, this represents the initial research and development phase to demonstrate the feasibility...