This firm-fixed-price purchase order contract, valued at $36,390.00, was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Additive Manufacturing & Engineering, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the production of a GRCOP-42 L-PBF RDRE "Core" Piece. The contract has a completion date of August 4, 2024. The original solicitation was a special notice issued by NASA seeking capabilities and qualifications from...
This contract, awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract with Keystone Synergistic Enterprises, LLC, a small business located in Beavercreek, Ohio. The contract, valued at $1,127,503, focuses on maturing the capability to build nickel-based superalloy or stainless steel alloy nozzle liners, incorporate and close-out coolant channels, and build a structural jacket with...
This is a $120,000 firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to North American Manufacturing Pros LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Ardmore, Alabama. The contract is for metal 3D printing and post-processing of turbomachinery components, including inducers, impellers, and volutes, using specialized materials such as GRX-810, ORCAlloy-21, K Monel, and Inconel 718. This sole-source...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to North American Manufacturing Pros LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Ardmore, Alabama. The $248,560.00 contract is for the development of laser powder bed fusion (L-PBF) parameters and the production of components using NASA's proprietary GRX-810 and ORCAlloy alloys. The contract work includes renting an EOS M280 L-PBF machine, optimizing additive manufacturing parameters for...
Purdue University, a leading research institution, was awarded a $212,555.88 contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop a new additive manufacturing (AM) technology capable of printing heterogeneous materials with high solids loadings. This is a revolutionary advancement, as it will enable the printing of propellants previously considered unprintable, allowing for the creation of unique geometries that can improve propellant burning rates. The contract...
This contract is for the Scanning Evaluation and Directed Energy Deposition of Thin-Wall RS25 Aft Demonstrator, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center (NSSC) to RPM Innovations Inc., a manufacturer of directed energy deposition laser systems based in Rapid City, South Dakota. The $248,755.00 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of a manufacturing technology demonstration using a laser powder directed energy deposition process to...
This is a NASA SBIR Phase II contract awarded to Polaronyx Inc., a small business manufacturer specializing in laser-based additive manufacturing and micro-structuring technologies. The contract, valued at $749,935.00, aims to develop an unprecedented method for additive manufacturing of high-temperature materials for nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) using a femtosecond fiber laser. The contract builds on a successful proof-of-concept demonstration completed during the Phase I effort....
This is a federal contract award under the Research and Technologies for Aerospace Propulsion Systems 2 (RTAPS2) Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDV) issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Glenn Research Center. The contract, valued at $616,138.00, is for a Ceramic Matrix Composite (CMC) test program to evaluate the durability of three CMC test articles in a rig simulating a turbine environment. The prime contractor is RTX Corporation's Pratt & Whitney division....
This federal contract award with ID FA881416C0002 was issued by the Space and Missile Systems Center, a Defense agency, to the prime contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne Of DE, Inc. for the Additive Manufacturing Qualification Process. The $6,003,668.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract has a March 2018 completion date and did not have any set-aside designation. The prime contractor has subcontracted portions of the work to Vextec Corporation, Sigma Additive Solutions Inc., 3D Material Technologies, LLC,...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Ultramet, a for-profit manufacturer of advanced materials solutions. Under this $890,000.00 Firm Fixed Price contract, Ultramet is developing a 3D laser-directed chemical vapor deposition (CVD) additive manufacturing system to build free-form refractory metal components for liquid rocket propulsion systems. The system will be able to deposit successive...
NNC10BA13B/NNC13TA66T FOR ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING STUDY NASA AND THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE (USAF) EMPLOY LAUNCH VEHICLES WITH UPPER STAGES THAT UTILIZE PRATT WHITNEY ROCKETDYNE (PWR) CORPORATION RL10 CLASS ENGINES. THE RL10 ENGINE IS RENOWNED IN THE HISTORY OF LIQUID ROCKET PROPULSION WITH VERSIONS POWERING LAUNCH VEHICLES FOR OVER 60 YEARS. WHILE CERTAIN ASPECTS AND TECHNOLOGIES USED IN THE RL10 CLASS ENGINES HAVE BEEN UPDATED, MANY OF THE PARTS ARE STILL HANDMADE WHICH SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASES THE PRODUCTION TIME AND COST OF THE FINISHED ENGINE BUILD. THE RL10 CLASS OF ENGINES IS CURRENTLY BASELINED FOR USAF AND NASA RELATED EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLES THROUGH 2030. WITH CURRENT FISCAL CHALLENGES FOR OUR COUNTRY, IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT THE RL10 PRODUCTION UNIT PRICE BE REDUCED. ONE OF THE BIGGEST CONTRIBUTORS TO ITS COST IS THE LARGE NUMBER OF TOUCH LABOR HOURS NECESSARY TO PRODUCE THIS ENGINE. THE PURPOSE OF THIS TASK IS TO INVESTIGATE THE APPLICABILITY OF AN ADVANCED MANUFACTURING METHOD REFERRED TO AS ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TO REDUCE COMPONENT FABRICATION TIME, COST AND POTENTIALLY ENABLE PERFORMANCE IMPROVEMENTS. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM TRADE STUDIES AND, IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE GOVERNMENT, SELECT HIGH PAYBACK PARTS OF THE RL10 ENGINE TO BE MANUFACTURED BY ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING PROCESS AND EXECUTE AN ENGINEERING AND VERIFICATION EFFORT TO CERTIFY THE SELECTED COMPONENTS ARE READY FOR PRODUCTION TRANSITION. THESE HIGH PAYBACK PARTS INCLUDE, BUT ARE NOT LIMITED TO: INJECTOR INTER PROPELLANT PLATE, IDDSI BRACKET, TURBOPUMP MOUNT BRACKETS, A-4-2 NOZZLE EXTENSION MOUNT BRACKETS, GIMBAL, MAIN FUEL SHUTOFF VALVE, ETC UNDER THE PROPOSED TASK ORDER NO. NNC13TA66T, PRATT AND WHITNEY ROCKETDYNE USING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES SHALL DESIGN, DEVELOP, FABRICATE, TEST, VERIFY, AND CERTIFY SELECTED COMPONENTS SUCH THAT THEY MEET PERFORMANCE CRITERIA OF RL10 ENGINE SPECIFICATIONS. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM PROGRAM MANAGEMENT, SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND INTEGRATION, AND MANUFACTURING / PRODUCTION TRANSITION SUPPORT PLANNING.