Delivery Order 80LARC18D0007-80LARC21F0044

This is a Firm Fixed Price delivery order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center to Advanced Technologies, Inc., a small business aerospace engineering company based in Newport News, Virginia. The contract is for the design analysis and fabrication of Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle heat shields to be installed on an existing Orion crew module model for testing in the NASA Langley Research Center National Transonic Facility. The award, valued...

This is a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center to The Aerospace Corporation, a non-profit federally funded research and development center (FFRDC). The $886,704.00 contract provides independent technical assessment services to assist NASA's Engineering & Safety Center (NESC) in developing a bond verification plan for the new Orion heatshield architecture, which uses individual molded blocks of ablator...

This federal contract award to The Aerospace Corporation, a non-profit organization, is for the development of a bond verification plan for the new Orion heat shield architecture. The scope of work includes the development of process controls, assessment of defect effects, proof testing, and non-destructive evaluation (NDE) for the adhesively bonded ablator material on the Orion heat shield. The contract has a ceiling value of $89,144.00 and is a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order issued by...

This is a federal contract award from NASA's Ames Research Center to Textron Systems Corporation, a subsidiary of Textron Inc., for the development and testing of two alternative Thermal Protection System (TPS) materials, heat shield designs, and manufacturing processes for the Orion spacecraft's heat shield. The Orion spacecraft is the successor to the Space Shuttle and will be NASA's primary vehicle for future human space exploration under the Constellation program. The $34,710,318.00...

This is a federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center to The Aerospace Corporation, a non-profit federally funded research and development center. The $591,895.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is for the development of a bond verification plan for the new Orion spacecraft heatshield architecture, which uses individual molded blocks of ablator material (Avcoat) adhesively bonded to the carrier structure. The effort will include...

Textum Opco LLC will deliver high-temperature thermal barrier test specimens to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under a $24,500 firm fixed-price purchase order. As part of its work supporting advanced thermal protection system research and development, NASA requires test articles and samples for ground testing under its Space Technology Mission Directorate. Textum Opco will manufacture the requested test specimens at its facility in Belmont, North Carolina for delivery...

This is a $35,987 firm fixed price purchase order contract awarded by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Land and Maritime to Ovc-Engineered Solutions LLC, a HUBZone small business manufacturer based in Stearns, Kentucky. The contract is for the delivery of 100 heat shield assemblies under NSN 5340015414996, with a required delivery within 90 days after order placement. This procurement was competed through an RFQ process with no set-aside designation. Ovc-Engineered Solutions LLC is an...

This is a definitive, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by NASA's Ames Research Center to Applied Aerospace Structures Corp (AASC), a for-profit manufacturer, for $703,493.42. The contract is for engineering and manufacturing of various flat composite panel test coupons, tooling, and fittings, as well as two composite carrier structures for the Heatshield for Extreme Entry Environment Technology (HEEET) project. The structures will be used for engineering testing, not spaceflight. The...

The Aerospace Corporation, a non-profit federally funded research and development center headquartered in El Segundo, California, was awarded a $706,821 delivery order on April 20, 2023, by NASA's Langley Research Center to support the Artemis 1 ablator char loss investigation. Specifically, the Orion Crew Module Heat Shield AVCOAT Char Team will provide technical assistance in analyzing thermal protection system performance data from the Artemis 1 mission. The contract is structured as a...

The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a firm-fixed-price delivery order contract to CSIRO - Industrial Physics Division, a vendor located in Australia, for the final design and fabrication of a heat shield prototype. The contract has a ceiling value of $100,000.00 and an ultimate completion date of September 23, 2015. This award is not associated with a set-aside program and was made by NASA's Armstrong Flight Research Center, a civilian agency. No additional...