Grant For Research NNX15AP28G
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- This $632,143 grant was awarded to The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., doing business as Draper, a not-for-profit research and development organization, by the Shared Services Center of NASA. The grant is for a test campaign that has the potential to support future NASA lunar exploration efforts. The award does not have a set-aside designation, reflecting Draper's specialized engineering, science, and technical capabilities across areas like guidance, navigation, control systems, sensors,...
- NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $524,787.50 research grant to The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Draper) on July 1, 2025, to conduct a Phase II study under the NASA Innovative Advanced Concepts (NIAC) program. This grant extends research initiated through a prior Phase I award, with work to be performed at Draper's headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and completion targeted for June 30, 2027. The Phase II study will advance the exploration and development of revolutionary...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $159,839.10 grant to The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Draper) to further develop its Draper Multi-Environment Navigator (DMEN), a vision-based navigation solution for entry, descent, and landing (EDL) applications. Draper, a non-profit research and development organization, has proposed a campaign of high altitude balloon flights to gather data and push DMEN's technology readiness level from 4 to a full EDL navigation...
- This federal contract award to The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Draper) supports the development of Draper's Multi-Environment Navigator (DMEN) technology. DMEN is a vision navigation solution that has demonstrated success in relevant environments such as guided precision parachute delivery, high-speed UAV flight, and simulated ISS capsules. The current award, valued at $494,746.59, will fund a suborbital rocket test campaign to further advance DMEN towards becoming a viable entry,...
- This is a $85,981 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by NASA's Ames Research Center to The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Draper), a non-profit R&D organization. The purpose of this contract is to conduct a "SPACE INSTRUMENT ECONOMY OF SCALE STUDY" to understand why economy of scale has not been demonstrated in space systems and identify key innovations that could enable it, with a focus on space science instruments. Draper has extensive experience as both a prime...
- This is a $52,000 cooperative agreement between the Marshall Space Flight Center (part of NASA, a civilian agency) and The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (doing business as Draper), a not-for-profit research and development organization. The agreement is for dual-use technology development at Marshall Space Flight Center, with a period of performance from July 1, 2014 to February 1, 2018. Draper is a well-established federal contractor, working on a variety of programs for the...
- This is a $100,000.00 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Draper) for conducting a human-automation and robotic systems trade analysis. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Draper is a non-profit research and development organization with extensive experience supporting the U.S. government, particularly in areas such as guidance, navigation,...
- This federal contract award is for $995,450.00 in engineering and technical services to be provided by The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc., a non-profit research and development organization. The contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order awarded by the Defense Contract Management Agency, with a completion date of January 25, 2024. Draper has an extensive history as a prime and subcontractor on major federal contracts, providing specialized engineering, science, and technical...
- This federal contract award to The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Draper) is for research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) work. The $1,498,561.71 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract was awarded on May 20, 2019 by the Defense Contract Management Agency, with a completion date of January 25, 2024. Draper, a non-profit research and development organization, has extensive experience as a prime and subcontractor on major federal defense, space, and advanced technology programs. This...
- This federal contract award with ID 80NSSC24K0646 was granted to The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Draper), a not-for-profit research and development organization, for a project titled "THIN FILM ISOTOPE NUCLEAR ENGINE ROCKET TFINER". The $155,472.00 grant, which does not have a set-aside designation, is for research work and is funded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency. Draper is an experienced prime contractor and subcontractor on major federal contracts and...
This federal contract award to The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory, Inc. (Draper), a not-for-profit research and development organization, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop the concept of operations, high-level architecture, and requirements for a wearable kinematic system to quantify 3-D space utilization in the microgravity environment of the International Space Station (ISS). The $549,832 grant-funded research project involves demonstrating vision and inertial navigation algorithms for net habitable volume (NHV) metrics on a commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) or existing device in a ground-based analog environment. The contract has no set-aside designation, reflecting Draper's specialized capabilities. Draper has an extensive history as both a prime contractor and subcontractor on major federal contracts and grants, particularly in strategic weapons systems, space technology, and advanced research initiatives across multiple government agencies.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | ($84) | 8/13/19 | ||
| 14 | Funding Only Action | ($84) | 8/13/19 | |
| 13 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 11/26/18 | |
| Not listed | $0 | 11/26/18 | ||
| Not listed | $44.9k | 5/22/18 |