This is a Firm Fixed Price STTR Phase II contract awarded by NASA's Ames Research Center to Safeware Engineering Corporation, a small business, on November 13, 2009. The contract, valued at $576,387.36, aims to implement algorithms for automatically generating test cases directly from SPECTRM-RL (Specification Tools and Requirements Methodology Requirements Language) models. SPECTRM-RL is a highly readable and formal requirements language. The automated test case generation will make software...
NASA's Langley Research Center issued a delivery order to Advanced Technologies, Inc. on May 31, 2019, under the Reliance Consolidated Models V (RECOM V) IDIQ for detailed design and fabrication of an advanced rotorcraft testbed, with a ceiling value of $2,329,159. RECOM V is a multiple-award indefinite-delivery contract with NASA Langley Research Center covering design and fabrication of aerospace model systems and developmental test hardware. The order is set aside for total small business....
During the proposed Phase I research and development effort under this Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center, Exquadrum Inc. will integrate previously demonstrated technologies into a low-cost solid rocket motor to serve as a cis-lunar transfer stage. This $131,477 firm fixed price contract, set aside for total small businesses, will guide and propel small spacecraft on translunar trajectories....
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded to ABL Space Systems Company, a small business based in El Segundo, California, by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory. The $50,000 contract is for Phase I research under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop a low-cost flexible launch platform. The work will be performed in El Segundo. ABL Space Systems has received multiple prior SBIR and other federal contracts from agencies such as...
Launcher Inc. was awarded a $74,545 firm fixed price purchase order by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to conduct research under the SBIR Program Phase I solicitation "FX235-CSO1-2317 - COLDSPRAY COMBUSTION CHAMBER PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION (C3PO)." As a self-certified small disadvantaged business, this contract was set aside for total small businesses. Under this award, Launcher Inc. will perform research and development at its place of...
This federal contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Armstrong Flight Research Center to HRL Laboratories, LLC, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company and General Motors. The contract supports NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) and its objective to accelerate the development of commercial capabilities for small spacecraft launch vehicles to low-Earth orbit (LEO). Under the contract, HRL Laboratories will conduct hot fire testing of nozzle...
Valley TECH Systems Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, was awarded a $124,969 STTR Phase I contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center. The contract supports the development of an Affordable Launch Vehicle Reaction Control System (ALVRCS) using advanced refractory additive manufacturing (RAM) production technologies to reduce cost and weight. The goal is to mature the new solid-fueled ALVRCS technology to a Technology Readiness Level (TRL) of 6, making it...
The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $2,999,832.43 definitive firm-fixed-price contract to Rocket Propulsion Systems LLC on June 30, 2025, under a total small business set-aside, to develop, integrate, test, and demonstrate revolutionary technologies for resilient and responsive dynamic space operations using high delta-v space transport vehicles. Rocket Propulsion Systems LLC is a minority-owned small business. Place of performance is Kent, WA. The contract runs through November 29,...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a firm-fixed-price $50,656 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Rocket Propulsion Systems LLC, a small business, for the development of a low-cost orbital transfer vehicle. The contract has a completion date of August 19, 2024. Rocket Propulsion Systems is a for-profit small business that specializes in affordable rocket engines and related technologies, particularly for small satellite launch providers. The company...
This federal contract award, valued at $1,694,109.00, was issued by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Exploration Laboratories LLC, doing business as Exlabs, a minority-owned, Hispanic American-owned small business. The contract is for the development of a "MECHANICAL SYSTEM FOR USE WITH SUPER-HEAVY LAUNCH VEHICLES FOR AUTONOMOUS CAPTURE AND ACQUISITION (ACQR) OF TARGETS OF UP TO 30M IN DIAMETER." This work falls under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program...