Purchase Order 80NSSC20P0271

The University of Arizona will operate, maintain, and develop the Multiple Mirror Telescope located on Mount Hopkins under a definitive cost-no-fee contract with the Smithsonian Institution. Valued at $1,425,529.01, the contract runs from September 2023 through June 2024 and tasks the University, doing business as the Bursar's Office, to support the telescope for the duration of the base period of performance. As the prime contractor, the University of Arizona will leverage its expertise in...

This is a definitive contract awarded by the Smithsonian Institution, a civilian federal agency, to the University of Arizona. The contract is for the operation, maintenance, and development of the Multiple Mirror Telescope on Mt. Hopkins. The contract has a ceiling value of $1,438,129.00 and a period of performance through June 30, 2025. The contract is a cost-reimbursement type with no fee. There is no set-aside designation for this award. The University of Arizona is the prime contractor...

This is a sole source $64,650.00 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Nikon Metrology, Inc. (doing business as Metris USA Inc.) for an RV350CCHL Rotate Stage Upgrade. The upgrade is for the Large Volume Computed Tomography (LVCT) system used for Mars Sample Return Earth Entry Vehicle heat shield inspection at the NASA Langley Research Center. Nikon Metrology was selected as the original system fabricator...

This federal contract award to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) aims to develop novel high-precision X-ray telescope mirror fabrication and figure correction technology. The proposed effort builds on previous research at MIT and complements NASA-supported research at other institutions. The goal is to create thin-shell mirrors that rival the angular resolution of the Chandra X-ray Observatory's mirrors, but with 10-100...

The Smithsonian Institution awarded a definitive cost-no-fee contract valued at approximately $1.18 million to the University of Arizona, operating as the Arizona Board of Regents, to provide operation of the Multiple Mirror Telescope (MMT) located on Mount Hopkins in Tucson, Arizona. As the prime contractor, the University of Arizona will deliver telescope operation services from July 2021 through June 2022 in support of the Smithsonian's astronomy research programs. No subcontractors or set...

This federal contract award, NNX16AD01G, was granted to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the development of lightweight, high-resolution x-ray telescope optics for next-generation x-ray telescopes. The ultimate goal is to achieve spatial resolution rivaling that of the Chandra X-ray Observatory, but with collecting areas orders of magnitude larger. The $1,177,496.01 grant will fund research into replacing epoxy...

This is a $124,823 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by NASA to Trex Enterprises Corporation, doing business as Ophthonix, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for Trex to demonstrate a novel ceramic joining technology using "solid state bonding" to enable the cost-effective manufacture of large, seamless mirrors and telescope structures from smaller, easily-produced components. This approach is aimed at reducing the time and cost associated with...

This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop new high-precision X-ray telescope mirror technology. The $3,000,000.00 grant supports research on improving methods for stress-field mirror correction, compensation of mirror distortion caused by coating stress, stabilization and smoothing of mirror coatings, and enhanced mirror figure metrology. This work is intended to enable thin shell mirrors...

This is a $749,714 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Semplastics EHC LLC, a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II program. The contract is for the development of a novel, innovative ceramic material that can be used to produce large, lightweight, and cost-effective mirrors for next-generation telescopes. Semplastics will deliver four large mirrors up to 0.6 meters in diameter, with coated and...

This is a research and technology development contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), a private research university. The objective is to advance adaptive optics technology for space telescopes by implementing new wavefront sensing and control algorithms, and analyzing flight data from on-orbit testing with the Deformable Mirror (DEMI) CubeSat mission. This will support future...