Purchase Order 80NSSC18P2635

This STTR Phase I contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awards $124,956 to Composites Automation LLC, a small business, to evaluate automated tape placement (ATP) processing of thin ply composites. The project will focus on process and design modeling, test panel fabrication, and mechanical performance evaluation to enable the transition from standard to thin ply ATP processing. Key goals include fabricating high-quality composite parts with low void content. The...

This is a $124,982 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to NextGen Materials & Processing LLC, a small business, under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Program Phase I. The objective of this contract is to leverage NextGen and the University of Massachusetts Lowell's prior experience with automated fiber placement (AFP) of thin-ply composite materials to identify critical parameters that influence...

Advanced Thermoplastic Composites LLC, operating as ATC Manufacturing, was awarded a $71,600 firm fixed price purchase order by NASA's Shared Services Center on March 6, 2026, to design and fabricate tooling and molds for sub-scale corrugated panel production using Continuous Compression Molding (CCM) technology. The contract, which is set aside for small business concerns, requires ATC Manufacturing to design and fabricate one CCM tool, pre-former, grippers/spacers, and trim fixture capable...

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 University of Delaware was awarded a $9.82 million definitive contract by the Office of Naval Research on September 13, 2022, for a collaborative 36-month effort to develop advanced thermoplastic composite materials and manufacturing processes. The prime objective is to create highly aligned short fiber IM7/PEKK (polyetheretherketone) toughened unidirectional fiber (TUFF) feedstock that enables production of complex geometry aerospace-quality small parts at automotive-like production rates...

Materials Sciences LLC, a subsidiary of Seemann Composites, LLC, has been awarded a $749,999 definitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory to provide analytical tools for assessing the structural behavior of short fiber composites. To be performed over a 30-month period in Horsham, Pennsylvania, the contract supports the Department of Defense's research and development efforts to advance composite materials technologies. As a total small business set-aside, the...

The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded a $21.4K firm fixed price purchase order to Lingol Corporation on September 17, 2025, for the procurement of 200 square feet of composite sheet material. The award was made without a set-aside designation and represents the lowest technically acceptable quote from a brand name solicitation limited to two approved vendors: Toray Advanced Composites and Lingol Corp. The composite material will be manufactured into specialized composite sunshields and gauge...

Applied Composite Structures, Inc., a Brea, California-based manufacturer of aerospace components, has been awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order valued at $61,180.00 by the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Aviation for the procurement of five units of structural aluminum plates. The contract, awarded April 9, 2025, carries an ultimate completion date of December 15, 2025, with delivery required to the DLA Distribution San Joaquin location. The award originated from an unrestricted request for...

Fiber Materials Inc., a subsidiary of Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., was awarded a $5.03M definitive contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory on September 30, 2024, for the characterization and performance testing of hypersonic thermal protection composite material systems. The contract, which carries no set-aside designation, is structured as a cost-plus-fixed-fee agreement with an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2027, and will be performed at the company's facility in...

Laird Plastics Inc. has been awarded a $3,584 purchase order by the Defense Logistics Agency Aviation (DLA), a component of the Department of Defense (DoD), to deliver 8510141375 Richlite 1000 Series Fibre-LA materials. The firm fixed price contract will be performed in Irving, Texas over a three-month period concluding in mid-November 2023. As a leading supplier of composite materials to the DLA, Laird Plastics will provide the agency with fiber laminate products that can be integrated into...