This is a $131,500 firm-fixed-price contract awarded to Miller Scientific Incorporated, doing business as Heetshield Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Flagstaff, Arizona. The contract was awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, under the FY24 SBIR Phase I program. The contract is for the development of an advanced thermal protection system (TPS) to reduce the mass, stowed volume, and cost of inflatable structures. This contract supports the agency's...
This is a Small Business set-aside contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Miller Scientific Incorporated's Heetshield Inc. division. The $200,000.00 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the flight test of proposed Generation 3 Hypersonic Inflatable Atmospheric Decelerator (HIAD) Thermal Protection System (TPS) materials. Heetshield Inc. is a manufacturer of advanced materials and technical solutions for extreme conditions, with past...
Miller Scientific Incorporated Heetshield Inc. Division, doing business as Heetshield Inc., has been awarded a $550,000 firm fixed price definitive contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to support research relating to the optimization of the flexible insulation with reinforced aerogel (FIRA) manufacturing process. The three-year contract, with performance taking place in Flagstaff, Arizona, has a total small business set aside...
Miller Scientific Incorporated, doing business as Heetshield Inc., has been awarded a $131,500 firm fixed price definitive contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center. The contract is a Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I award to demonstrate that a flexible gas barrier between the outer fabric layers of the flexible thermal protection system on the Hypersonic Inflatable Atmospheric Decelerator has the potential to improve performance....
This is a $150,000 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Miller Scientific Incorporated, doing business as Heetshield Inc. The contract is for the optimization and manufacturing of opacified fibrous insulation. Heetshield Inc. is a small disadvantaged business that specializes in advanced materials and technical solutions for extreme conditions, including inflatable decelerators, flexible...
This federal contract award is for the design, manufacturing, and testing of flexible thermal protection systems, including support for aeroshell integration and testing, under the Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (IAD) Track B program. The contract, valued at $81,440, was awarded to Jackson Bond Enterprises, LLC, a small business manufacturer based in Dover, New Hampshire, by the Langley Research Center, a civilian agency under the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract to S.d. Miller And Associates P.L.L.C., a minority-owned, woman-owned small business. The $124,998.00 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of high-temperature flexible aerogel insulation for extreme hypersonic inflatable aerodynamic decelerator (HIAD) environments. The contract has a completion date of March 1, 2021 and was...
This is a $750,000.00 Small Business Set-Aside contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Miller Scientific Incorporated Heetshield Inc. Division, doing business as Heetshield Inc. The contract is for the optimization and manufacturing of Opacified Fibrous Insulation (OFI), a specialized form of advanced insulation with applications in aerospace, defense, and fire safety. The award is a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract, building upon...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to S.D. Miller and Associates, P.L.L.C., a minority-owned, woman-owned small business. The contract, valued at $124,038, is for the investigation of a new class of thermal insulations to enable thermal protection systems on ceramic matrix composite hot structures and hypersonic inflatable aerodynamic decelerators. The research aims to develop super-efficient,...
This is a firm-fixed-price delivery order issued by NASA's Ames Research Center to Fiber Materials Inc., a division of Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. The contract is for $98,067.73 and supports the Heatshield for Extreme Entry Environment Technology (HEEET) project under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III program. Fiber Materials Inc. will provide post-weaving manufacturing support for the HEEET project, which develops thermal protection systems for atmospheric entry...