Purchase Order 80NSSC18P2214
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- This is a $800,000.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation (AASC), a small, minority-owned business based in Piedmont, California. The contract is part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and will fund the development of a high-impulse, scalable metal plasma thruster for CubeSat missions. This award builds on AASC's prior SBIR contract work with NASA,...
- This is a $100,000 Small Business Small Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA's Ames Research Center to Plasma Processes, LLC, a small business manufacturer, for the development of a micro-propulsion device. The effort will focus on thermo-catalytic ignition and combustion of advanced mono- and bi-propellants in micro-channels, utilizing an innovative near net shape forming technique and carbon nanotube deposition to enhance the internal surface area for catalytic...
- This is a $749,999.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation (AASC), a minority-owned small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the research and development of a high-impulse, scalable metal plasma thruster for CubeSat missions. This contract award supports NASA's goals of advancing propulsion capabilities for...
- This is a $674,500.00 Firm Fixed Price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation (AASC), a minority-owned, for-profit Subchapter S Corporation registered as a small business. The contract is for the development of a Magnetically Enhanced Vacuum Arch Thruster for CubeSat applications, supporting NASA's lunar exploration and science goals. This Phase II award follows...
- This is a $125,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Plasma Processes, LLC, a small business manufacturer of coatings and propulsion technologies. The contract is for the design, fabrication, and demonstration of a miniaturized propulsion system compatible with non-toxic, green monopropellants for small spacecraft. This addresses a key challenge in the widespread implementation of small satellites -...
- This is a $1,125,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Plasma Processes, LLC, a limited liability company that specializes in materials solutions for industrial applications. The contract is for the research, development, testing, and delivery of a miniaturized propulsion system compatible with non-toxic "green" monopropellants for small spacecraft, including CubeSats. This addresses a...
- This federal contract award, identified as 80NSSC21C0615, was issued by the Shared Services Center of a civilian federal agency to Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation (AASC), a minority-owned small business. The $3,195,617.00 Firm Fixed Price contract supports the development of a "High-Impulse, Scalable, Metal Plasma Thruster for CubeSat Missions" under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II program. This work directly supports NASA's goals of advancing propulsion...
- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Ultramet, a small business manufacturer of advanced materials and aerospace technologies. The contract, valued at $125,000, is for the design, fabrication, and hot-fire testing of a 5-newton green monopropellant thruster and igniter system. This work builds on previous Air Force research demonstrating the capability of Ultramet's technology for high-performance, long-life propulsion systems using the green...
- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Flight Works, Inc., a for-profit aerospace manufacturer. The $124,969 firm-fixed-price contract supports the development and demonstration of a low-cost, pump-fed, non-catalytic 1-5 Newton-class thruster using the AF-M315E "green" propellant. The goal is to provide real delta-V capability (over 1 km/s) for small secondary payloads and CubeSats, reducing...
- This $414,525.00 federal contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Plasma Processes, LLC, a small business, for research and development of non-toxic monopropellant thrusters for spacecraft chemical propulsion systems. The contract is part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which aims to advance innovative technologies for the agency's missions. Plasma Processes has expertise in materials solutions, including coatings and...
This is a $124,999 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Alameda Applied Sciences Corporation, a minority-owned small business subchapter S corporation. The contract enables Alameda Applied Sciences to integrate its Metal Plasma Thruster (MPT-X) electric propulsion technology, which has achieved Technology Readiness Level 4 (TRL-4), into NovawurkS's HISAT platform and obtain flight heritage. This will be followed by potential commercial sales to other satellite builders and for NASA deep space missions. The MPT-X is a 1U-sized thruster that can deliver over 4,000 Newton-seconds of total impulse without any moving parts, liquids, or gases.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| P00001 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 2/13/19 | |
| Not listed | Not listed | $125.0k | 7/27/18 |