Purchase Order 80NSSC18P1897
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- This firm fixed-price contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Robust Analytics, Inc., a woman-owned small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract has a potential value of $124,924.00 and is for the development of prototype motors and inverters with improved efficiency and power density for small aircraft electric propulsion, which can provide an effective range enhancement of about 8%...
- Continental Controls & Design, Inc., a small business based in Huntington Beach, California, was awarded a $754,476 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract on August 13, 2019, under a total small business set-aside designation. The contract, which operated under a firm fixed-price structure with an ultimate completion date of August 15, 2025, focuses on advancing electric propulsion technology for small aircraft. The research builds upon successful prototype...
- This is a $124,117 firm fixed-price contract awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Polarix Corporation, a self-certified small disadvantaged business located in San Diego, California. The contract is for research and development under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, Phase I, to develop a "Distributed Inverter Array Turn-less Motor". The contract has a total small business set-aside designation. This award builds on Polarix's previous SBIR and Small Business...
- This is a SBIR Phase I contract award to Empirical Systems Aerospace Inc., doing business as Esaero, a small business manufacturer of aerospace goods and services. The $149,601.00 firm fixed price contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center for the development of an "Aircraft Traction Inverter for Hybrid-Electric and All-Electric Megawatt-Class Vehicles." This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project aims to advance...
- This is a $37,397.04 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the NASA Shared Services Center (NSSC) to NR Fragrances & Cosmetics Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract is for the delivery of four Wolfspeed 300 kW 3-phase power inverters (model CRD300DA12EXM3) to support electrified aircraft propulsion research at the NASA John H. Glenn Research Center. This procurement was set aside for small businesses in the Electronic Component Manufacturing (NAICS 334419)...
- This federal contract award to Empirical Systems Aerospace Inc. (doing business as Esaero), a small business, is for the procurement of additional X-57 cruise motors and controllers. The X-57 is an electric aircraft demonstrator being developed by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) program. The $260,222.92 firm-fixed-price delivery order was awarded by the NASA Armstrong Flight Research Center. Esaero has been a prime...
- Aantilia LLC, an SBA-certified economically disadvantaged women-owned small business based in Austin, Texas, was awarded a $43.1K purchase order on July 22, 2025, to supply five Wolfspeed 300 kW, 3-phase power inverters (model CRD300DA12E-XM3) to NASA's Shared Services Center. The contract, designated as a total small business set-aside, supports electrified aircraft propulsion research at NASA's Armstrong Test Facility at Glenn Research Center, where the inverters will enable precise control...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Hinetics LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, for the development of a very high specific power integrated electric turbofan propulsion system. The key innovation is the use of high fundamental operating frequencies (3-10 kHz) and a mostly air-core electromagnetic architecture to increase power density and efficiency. This technology aims to enable more...
- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Smartgridz, Inc. (doing business as Netss), a small business. The $125,000 firm fixed-price contract is for the development of a unifying physics-based framework to model, simulate, and digitally control aircraft turboelectric distributed propulsion (TEDP) systems. The goal is to create a monitoring and decision system framework to...
- This $225,865.78 firm fixed-price delivery order 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, to support the Convergent Electric Propulsion Technology (CEPT) research phase. The effort includes modifying an existing general aviation aircraft with NASA-furnished electric motors and power systems to create an electric distributed propulsion demonstrator....
This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Continental Controls And Design, Inc., a California-based small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract, valued at $124,919.00, is for the development of prototype motors and inverters for small aircraft electric propulsion systems. The goal is to improve the efficiency and power density of these components, which are critical for enhancing the range of electric aircraft. The contract includes the design of a rigid winding and a 99.5% efficient inverter based on wide bandgap power switches. This research is intended to support NASA's work on the X-57 electric propulsion system. The contract is a firm-fixed-price purchase order and was set aside for small businesses.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| P00001 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 2/13/19 | |
| Not listed | Not listed | $124.9k | 7/19/18 |