Delivery Order NNC10BA02B-NNC15TA06T

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a Firm Fixed Price, $123,979 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Qortek Inc. for the development of a Dynamically Reconfigurable Electrical Power System (DREPS) with integrated thermal management and high reliability components. The DREPS aims to improve the modularity, scalability, and efficiency of small spacecraft and CubeSat power systems up to 100W by implementing a novel converter architecture that...

This is a federal contract award from NASA's Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) to Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. to develop and deliver an advanced solar electric propulsion (EP) system. The purpose is to reduce risk and demonstrate an advanced EP system that will enable future deep space human and robotic exploration, applicable to both public and private sector space needs. The $230,054,536 contract has a base period for developing and testing engineering development end items, and an...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $125,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Busek Co., Inc., a manufacturer of spacecraft propulsion systems and components, to develop a novel, universal, modular, 2.5kW discharge converter for Hall Effect Thruster (HET) Power Processing Units (PPUs). The proposed system aims to provide a universal solution for aerospace systems with different bus voltages by supporting a wide input voltage range...

This definitive, firm-fixed-price contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center to Sunpower, Inc., a subsidiary of Ametek Inc. The $7,902,726.34 contract supports NASA's Science Mission Directorate's need for higher efficiency radioisotope power systems. Specifically, Sunpower will develop power conversion technology to achieve at least 20% efficiency at the generator level, significantly improving on the current state-of-the-art...

This contract award to Redwire Space Enterprises, Inc. (Deployable Space Systems, Inc. Division) is for the development of an innovative multi-junction photovoltaic flexible blanket technology to support solar electric propulsion (SEP) for human exploration and space science missions. The $749,618 firm fixed price contract, awarded by NASA under the SBIR Phase II program, aims to produce a lightweight, modular, and high-voltage solar array system with improved performance over current...

This federal contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) to Empirical Systems Aerospace Inc. (Esaero), a small business manufacturer of aerospace products and services. The $665,896.69 firm fixed-price contract supports the CEPT (Convergent Electric Propulsion Technology) research phase, which involves designing, building, testing, operating, and sustaining an electric distributed propulsion system on a modified general...

This is a firm fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Redwire Space Enterprises, Inc. (Deployable Space Systems, Inc. Division), a small business. The contract is for the research and development of a next-generation, ultra-compact, and lightweight solar array system with extremely high specific power. This innovation is intended to enable higher-powered NASA science and solar electric propulsion (SEP) missions, as well as other...

This federal contract award to Electric Power Systems Inc. (EP Systems), a small disadvantaged business manufacturer, is valued at $1,124,480.00 and was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract is for the development of an active battery management system (BMS) with advanced algorithms to improve the life and safety of lithium-ion battery packs used in distributed electric propulsion (DEP) and hybrid electric aircraft, such as the...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center awarded a $1,999,810.00 firm fixed price contract to Maxar Space LLC, a division of Maxar Technologies Inc., for the development of a HIGH EFFICIENCY 6 KW ELECTRIC PROPULSION (EP) system. This contract does not have a set-aside designation and is scheduled for completion on April 30, 2021. Maxar Space LLC, as the prime contractor, has extensive experience providing spacecraft, space infrastructure,...

This is a $500,000 grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Pennsylvania State University, doing business as Penn State, to continue research on the applicability of Stored Chemical Energy Power Systems (SCEPS) for in-situ solar system exploration. The research seeks to mature a concept for using SCEPS to power a lander on the surface of Venus, where conventional battery or plutonium-powered systems have deficiencies. The study will also explore the...