This is a firm fixed-price delivery order issued by the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center to CSIRO - Industrial Physics Division, Australia's national science agency, to test and evaluate a prototype heat shield thermal protection system (TPS) demonstrator. The objective is to demonstrate impact detection, location, and comprehensive TPS health monitoring using robust self-organizing optical fiber sensing networks. The work builds on prior research collaboration between NASA and CSIRO...
This is a $175,000.00 firm fixed price delivery order task order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Armstrong Flight Research Center to CSIRO - Industrial Physics Division, a vendor located in Australia. The objective of the work is to conduct an initial feasibility and design study for a dynamically reconfigurable fiber Bragg grating sensing network that can provide robustness, scalability, and responsiveness to dynamic environments for structural health...
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...
This is a $84,395.00 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Office of Acquisitions and Grants, a civilian agency, to the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), a non-profit organization based in Australia. The contract is for MAIA MAPPER XRF ANALYSIS services and has an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2028. There is no set-aside designation for this award. CSIRO, which is Australia's national science agency, has a history of providing diverse...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Langley Research Center, a civilian agency within the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), to TSI Incorporated, a for-profit manufacturer of precision measurement instruments. The $189,656.25 contract is for an integrated solid-state laser Doppler velocimetry system. There was no set-aside designation for this award. TSI Incorporated has extensive experience supporting various federal agencies through both prime...
This federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) supports the development of a novel, non-invasive method to monitor the condition of thermal protection system (TPS) materials used on spacecraft during reentry. The contract, valued at $120,735.00, was awarded to Jentek Sensors, Inc., a small business manufacturer of specialized sensor technologies, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The proposed solution incorporates innovative...
This is a $124,995.00 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Luna Innovations Incorporated, a small business manufacturer. The contract is focused on developing an embedded fiber optic sensor system to enable comprehensive monitoring and analysis of propulsion systems during testing for space flight applications. The distributed multi-parameter sensor will simultaneously measure temperature, heat flux, strain,...
This is a $125,000.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Interdisciplinary Consulting Corp (IC2), a small business, for the development of fiber-optic vector skin friction systems for cryogenic shear stress measurements. The contract was set aside for total small business participation under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. IC2 is a precision measurement technology company that...
This is a delivery order awarded to Fiber Materials Inc., a manufacturer of high-temperature composite materials, by NASA's Ames Research Center. The $764,858.25 firm-fixed-price contract is for the procurement and manufacturing of thermal protection system (TPS) components, tooling, and associated engineering services to support science missions within NASA's Science Mission Directorate. The work, which will take place in Biddeford, Maine, is part of a larger $24 million Indefinite Delivery...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems (Ifos) Corporation, a small business, for the development of a rugged, miniaturized, and multiplexable high-temperature sapphire optical fiber-based distributed temperature sensing (DTS) system. The total ceiling value of the contract is $124,967.00. This contract supports NASA's Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) objectives for spaceflight missions by providing advanced fiber...