Definitive Contract W911NF25CA032
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- This federal contract award, W911NF24P0011, is for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project awarded to Lunar Resources, Inc., a small business specializing in off-Earth resource extraction and space manufacturing technologies. The $249,942.80 Firm Fixed Price contract was awarded on January 29, 2024 by the Department of the Army, with an ultimate completion date of July 13, 2024. The contract is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside. Through this SBIR Phase I...
- This federal contract award to Lunar Resources, Inc. is for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I proposal titled "Defeat of Unmanned Aircraft Systems via Pulse Power Systems at Scale." The contract has a ceiling value of $75,000.00 and is awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory, a Defense agency. The contract is set aside for a small business and has a performance period through March 15, 2024. Lunar Resources, Inc. is the prime contractor and has received...
- The U.S. Army awarded a $2.0 million Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to Lunar Resources, Inc., a Houston-based space technology company specializing in lunar resource extraction and in-situ resource utilization. The contract, designated as a total small business set-aside, supports the development of a lighter, low-cost family of bidirectional inverters under Topic A244-072. Work will be performed in Piney Point, Texas, with an ultimate completion date of July 29,...
- This federal contract award is for the development of a space vacuum deposition system prototype by Lunar Resources, Inc. The $3,000,000.00 Other Transaction Agreement was awarded on June 15, 2021 by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, a defense agency, with a completion date of December 15, 2022. The contract is not designated as a set-aside. Lunar Resources, Inc. is a small business space industrial company that specializes in off-Earth resource extraction, space manufacturing, and...
- This is a $150,000.00 firm-fixed-price Purchase Order contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Lunar Resources, Inc. for pulse power-based additive manufacturing of functional aircraft parts from refractory and ceramic materials. The contract is set aside for a small business and is part of a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I research effort. Lunar Resources, Inc. is a space industrial company that provides goods and services...
- This is a $203,499.53 firm-fixed-price Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract awarded by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to Luna Labs USA LLC, a division of Luna Innovations Incorporated. The contract is for the development of "BLOCKADE-HT: Thermal and Environmental Barrier Coating for Artillery," a technology to protect artillery equipment from extreme temperatures and environmental conditions. As a Phase I STTR contract, this...
- The Department of the Air Force Space Command Space and Missile Systems Center awarded a Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract to Lunar Resources, Inc., a small business, for a "BRASS-BOARD IN-SPACE CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION SYSTEM AND DIELECTRIC OPTICAL COATINGS ON LARGE SUBSTRATES" through the SBIR Program Phase II. The potential value of the contract is $751,299.22. Lunar Resources, Inc. has previously received SBIR, STTR, and research contract awards from NASA, the Department of...
- This is a Federal contract award from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Lunar Resources, Inc., a small business, for the "Removal, Recycling and Reconstitution of Orbital Debris Enabled by Welding in Space" project. The $1,500,000.00 Firm Fixed Price contract is a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II effort focused on developing technologies to enable the removal, recycling, and reconstitution of orbital debris using in-space welding. Lunar Resources, a space...
- This is a $250,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Department of the Army to Luna Manufacturing LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for research and development on Additive Manufacturing for High-Density Materials. The contract is a Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract, with an ultimate completion date of October 1, 2025. As an SBIR Phase I award, this contract is focused on the small business demonstrating the technical feasibility of...
- The U.S. government agency, referred to as the Shared Services Center, has awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Lunar Resources, Inc. (Lunar Resources) for the project "FY24 SBIR PHASE I- LUNAR JOINING OF ELEMENTARY STRUCTURES (LUJES)." The contract has a ceiling value of $149,999.00 and is a firm-fixed-price purchase order with a completion date of February 6, 2025. As a total small business set-aside, this award reflects Lunar Resources' status as a...
The Department of the Army awarded a $999,999.10 firm fixed-price definitive contract to Lunar Resources, Inc., a Houston-based small business specializing in space industrial technologies and in-situ resource utilization, for the Sundown Project focused on development of the Helix HPM Autocannon. The award was made on October 1, 2025, with performance scheduled to conclude by March 31, 2027, and will be executed at the contractor's facility in Houston, Texas. This contract emerges from the Army Materiel Command's Broad Agency Announcement seeking disruptive innovations across multiple technology areas including autonomous platforms, artificial intelligence/machine learning, sensing, and advanced manufacturing capabilities. The contract represents a significant pivot for Lunar Resources from its traditional space exploration focus, as the company will now apply its advanced manufacturing and materials processing expertise to support Army weapons system development. With no small business set-aside designation applied, this award was made on a competitive basis and demonstrates the Army's confidence in leveraging commercial space industry innovation for military applications. Lunar Resources' extensive experience in federal contracting, particularly through the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs with NASA and the Department of Defense, positions the firm to deliver the technical capabilities required for this autocannon development initiative.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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ARMY APPLICATIONS LABORATORY BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES | W911NF-25-S-CsUAS | Department of the Army Materiel Command Army Contracting Command Aberdeen Proving Ground | Special Notice 3/3 | 6/4/25, 3:10 PM | |
ARMY APPLICATIONS LABORATORY BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES | W911NF-25-S-A2V2 | Department of the Army Materiel Command Army Contracting Command Aberdeen Proving Ground | Special Notice 2/3 | 4/30/25, 3:54 PM | |
ARMY APPLICATIONS LABORATORY BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT FOR DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGIES | W911NF-24-S-0008 | Department of the Army Materiel Command Army Contracting Command Aberdeen Proving Ground | Solicitation 1/3 | 4/5/24, 11:43 AM |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $1.0m | 9/23/25 |