Purchase Order 80NSSC21P1256

This is a $125,000 firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Ultramet, a small business manufacturer of advanced materials. The contract is for the development and characterization of ruthenium- and iron-based catalysts to improve the efficiency of passive cryogenic propellant heat shielding systems. Ultramet will collaborate with the Hydrogen Properties for Energy Research (HYPER) Laboratory at Washington State University to synthesize, test, and optimize the catalysts for...

This is a $220,000.00 training grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of California, Merced (UC Merced) to conduct a systematic study of graphene electrode-based oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) catalysis. The research aims to clarify the dominant factors affecting the catalytic kinetics of graphene derivatives under various environments, with the goal of developing high-performance, durable graphene-based electrodes for fuel cells and...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Reactive Innovations, LLC, a limited liability company, to develop an electrolytic process for coating high-purity tungsten metal onto uranium dioxide spheres. The goal is to create an enabling technology for nuclear thermal propulsion that can improve upon current chemical vapor deposition methods in terms of lowering impurity content, increasing...

This is a firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Polymet Corporation, a manufacturer of high performance wire and thermal spray powders. The $32,828 contract is for the extrusion of a specialized nickel-titanium-hafnium-zirconium alloy used in high temperature shape memory alloy actuators. This is a sole source award, as Polymet Corporation has been determined to be the sole provider of this product. The...

This is a $125,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Plasma Processes, LLC, a Huntsville, AL-based small business. The contract is for the development of a thermo-catalytic ignition system using innovative nanocrystal catalysts for cryogenic liquid oxygen and liquid methane propulsion systems. This supports NASA's interest in advanced, non-toxic propellants and ignition systems for future space exploration vehicles. Plasma Processes has prior...

This is a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Oxeon Energy LLC, a limited liability company focused on alternative energy storage and fuel cell technologies. The contract, valued at $1,124,901.00, supports research and development of modified nickel cermet-based cathode compositions for solid oxide fuel cells and electrolysis cells. The research aims to evaluate the redox...

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, awarded a $447,087 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Greenlight Innovation Corporation, a foreign-owned for-profit company, to provide a G200 fuel cell test stand. The test stand must be capable of remotely controlling a single fuel cell or short stack of up to six cells, operating from 120V to 480V power, and supporting hydrogen flow up to 80 standard liters per minute and air flow up to 200 standard liters...

Oxbyel Technologies Inc. was awarded a $749,559 Other Transaction Agreement by the United States Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to deliver a prototype Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Electrolyzer for the Department of the Air Force. Under this contract, Oxbyel Technologies will develop and test an electrolyzer prototype at its facility in Mesa, Arizona over an 18-month period concluding in June 2023. The Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory supports the Department of the Air...

This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Precision Combustion, Inc. (PCI), a small business, to develop and demonstrate advanced materials and innovative structural elements for efficient water/carbon dioxide electrolysis using solid oxide electrolysis cell (SOEC) technology. The key focus is to mitigate anode delamination and enable high-pressure operation, with the capability for effective regenerative operation to be examined. The $124,807...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Hyper TECH Research Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, for the development of lightweight electric wires and cables from carbon nanotube-copper (CNT-Cu) composites for airborne platforms. The contract has a ceiling value of $750,000.00 and was awarded on September 16, 2015, with a final completion date of December 21, 2017. Hyper TECH Research Inc. has previously received...