This is a $118,849.00 STTR Phase I contract award to Redwire Space Inc., doing business as Made In Space, a for-profit small business. The contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center, is for the development of the "Structural-Health Aware Failure-Tolerant Engineered to Respond (SAFER) Additively Manufactured Systems." This suite of integrated additive manufacturing technologies and composite materials aims to address structural...
This is a $124,956.00 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Acellent Technologies Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the development, maturation, assembly, and automation of "Flexible Multifunctional Structural Health Monitoring Systems" on non-traditional conformal, bendable, and stretchable substrates for use in space. This...
This is a $125,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Luna Innovations Incorporated, a small business manufacturer based in Roanoke, Virginia. The contract supports the development of a multifunctional structural health monitoring solution for lightweight composites used in long-duration space habitats. The solution will combine fiber optic sensors for strain and temperature monitoring with piezo...
This federal contract award is to Redwire Space Inc., doing business as Made In Space, a for-profit small business that specializes in additive manufacturing technologies for space applications. The $124,782.00 award is for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Technology Development Program (TDP) contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract aims to enhance state-of-the-art verification and validation methods for...
This is a $749,594.00 Definitive Contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Redwire Space Inc., doing business as Made In Space, a small business. The contract is for the company's pioneering work using the microgravity environment on the International Space Station (ISS) to advance manufacturing technology and product development. The contract was awarded through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. Redwire Space has previously...
Redwire Space Inc., doing business as Made In Space, was awarded a $124,538.00 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract is for research and development of large baseline structures, 15 meters or greater, for infrared space interferometry missions through autonomous in-space manufacturing and assembly. This enables the deployment of large primary trusses unconstrained by launch...
This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Makel Engineering, Inc., a small business specializing in chemical sensing systems. The $124,999.00 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of a new class of microwave-interrogated embedded sensors for nondestructive evaluation (NDE) of complex structures. The sensors will be formed using additive manufacturing technology and advanced sensing materials to accurately measure...
This federal contract award to New Mexico State University (NMSU) represents a significant step in addressing the safety of space vehicles through the development and testing of a structural health monitoring system (SHM) for a flight information recorder, or "black box." The project aims to investigate the effects of the space environment on piezoelectric sensors, explore structural vibrations in microgravity, and demonstrate the feasibility of SHM during long-term space missions. The...
This is a $1,122,503.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Antech Systems, Inc., a small business contractor, to develop an Enhanced Passive Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) System. The contract is a Phase II action under NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and has a total completion date of July 19, 2024. Antech Systems, Inc. has previously supported the Department of the Navy and NASA through past prime...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Maclean Engineering & Applied Technologies, LLC. The contract is valued at $122,708 and has a completion date of December 9, 2016. The purpose of the contract is to expand on the MREST (Modular Robotic Servicing of Spacecraft) interface specification to develop a standard that can be used to address issues related to...