Delivery Order NNL04AA11B-NNL09AC78T

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company. The $124,914 firm-fixed-price contract will fund a comprehensive analysis of the benefits of using hybrid composites, consisting of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs), in future aircraft structures. The analysis will leverage Aurora's existing data from...

This is a federal contract awarded by the Langley Research Center (a civilian agency) to The Aerospace Corporation, a federally funded research and development center (FFRDC), for a technical evaluation of the composite overwrapped pressure vessels (COPVs) used in SpaceX's Commercial Crew Program. The $44,140 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract will involve material property testing, including tensile testing, electron backscatter diffraction, digital image correlation, fatigue testing, and fracture...

This STTR Phase II contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Cornerstone Research Group Inc. (CRG), its subsidiary Nona Composites, and the University of Dayton Research Institute (UDRI). The $754,913 contract is for the development of a rapid and robust method for on-site composite structural repairs that is cost-effective and flexible. The goal is to enable fast, effective composite repairs without the need for ovens, autoclaves, and expensive tooling....

This is a Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Materials Research & Design Inc. (Mr&D), a small business subchapter S corporation. The contract, valued at $124,510, is focused on developing a mechanism-based damage model for linerless thin-ply composite pressure vessels, which could be used in space exploration applications. The research involves material testing and health monitoring...

NASA's Langley Research Center issued a delivery order to National Institute Of Aerospace Associates on March 8, 2018, with a ceiling value of $489,712 for research scientist support in automated fiber placement and advanced composite technologies. The order supports long-term research at the Integrated Structural Assembly of Advanced Composites (ISAAC) robot facility in Hampton, VA, which fabricates advanced composite materials for NASA missions. Work encompasses computer-aided process planning...

This is a $1,049,858 Small Business set-aside contract awarded by NASA to Cornerstone Research Group, Inc. (CRG) for the development of hybrid composites for aerospace applications. CRG is leading a team including the University of Dayton Research Institute and Nanosperse LLC to demonstrate, justify the financial viability, and enable the transition of hybrid composite materials into commercial aircraft. The contract is part of NASA's Advanced Air Vehicles Program, which seeks to improve the...

This is a $118,485 firm-fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Tiax LLC, a for-profit limited liability company. The contract is for the development of lightweight, smart composite materials capable of sensing their own mechanical and thermal state. These multifunctional composites will be tested to ensure they meet or exceed the mechanical properties of the base composite and can accurately report on...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $499,953.96 grant to Rector & Visitors of the University of Virginia, doing business as the University of Virginia, to research the reduction of space structure mass through the design and fabrication of cellular lattice structures. The research will develop analytical and computational models relating lattice topology, material properties, and performance characteristics such as stiffness, strength, fracture resistance,...

This SBIR Phase II contract, awarded to Composites Automation LLC, a small business, by NASA, is focused on evaluating automated tape placement (ATP) processing of thin-ply composites. The $749,962 contract involves material and process development, modeling, test panel fabrication, and performance evaluation. The goal is to enable the fabrication of uniform, high-fiber-volume, low-void-content composite parts using thin-ply ATP processing. The contract builds upon prior Phase I work and...

This is a $500,002.00 firm-fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center to the University of Illinois for the "Development of a Composite Self-Sealing Face Sheet for Sandwich Structure." This competitive award, funded in part by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA), supports NASA's Aircraft Aging and Durability (AAD) project under the Aviation Safety Program. The AAD project focuses on aging and...