This firm-fixed-price contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Johnson Space Center to Zecoat Corporation, a for-profit manufacturer of specialized coatings for satellite and observatory systems. The $135,681 contract is for the provision of a 1.3-meter optical mirror coating. The contract has no set-aside designation and was completed on September 5, 2018. Zecoat Corporation is a small business that has previously received NASA Small Business Innovation...
This is a definitive, firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters to Zecoat Corporation, a for-profit manufacturing small business, to provide precision optical coatings for large space telescope mirrors. The contract has a potential value of $1,177,210.00 and a completion date of December 31, 2022. Zecoat Corporation specializes in durable, space-qualified coatings for satellite systems and ground-based observatories, and has...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $124,877.00 Firm Fixed Price contract to Zecoat Corporation, a small business manufacturer, to develop a specular black coating for flexible starshade optical shields under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I program. Zecoat Corporation specializes in durable, space-qualified coatings and has previously conducted R&D and provided coating services to NASA and the Department of Defense. This contract award...
This is a firm fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Zecoat Corporation, a small business manufacturer of specialized optical coatings. The contract, valued at $749,973.00, is for the research, development, and delivery of dark coatings with tailorable bidirectional reflectance distribution function (BRDF) and thermal-emissivity properties for use in light-blocking starshade membranes. This contract is part of NASA's...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Zecoat Corporation, a small business manufacturer of aerospace coatings. The $149,932 firm fixed-price contract is for the development of a micrometeorite shield with tailorable high-performance thermal and optical properties for spacecraft telescope baffles. Zecoat Corporation specializes in durable, space-qualified coatings and has previously received SBIR...
Zecoat Corporation was awarded a $124,697 firm-fixed-price Phase I SBIR contract from NASA to develop a battery-powered, aluminum deposition process for creating broadband reflective coatings in space. The process would enable the application of highly reflective aluminum coatings to large telescope mirrors, extending their usable wavelength range down to 30 nanometers. This would provide significant benefits for astronomical observations in the vacuum ultraviolet spectral region. The contract...
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...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a Firm Fixed Price, Definitive Contract to Astrileux Corporation, a Minority Owned, Self Certified Small Disadvantaged, For Profit, Woman Owned Small Business, for a NEW PLATFORM OF TUNABLE MULTISPECTRAL EUV COATINGS under the SBIR Program Phase I Action. The contract has a potential value of $124,981.00 and is set aside for Total Small Business. The place of performance is Carlsbad, CA 92010, USA. This...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center (NSSC) awarded a $64,990.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Nu-Tek Precision Optical Corp, a manufacturer of high-quality precision optics and optical components located in Aberdeen, Maryland. The contract is for the delivery of two PIAA Vortex Mirrors to support the NASA Ames Coronagraph Exoplanet (ACE) project. NASA determined Nu-Tek to be the sole provider of these specialized mirrors, which are...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a $735,914.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract to Boston Micromachines Corporation, a leading provider of advanced microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) based mirror products. The contract is for the development of segmented micro-mirrors to support picometer-scale wavefront compensation in space-based observatories. As a prime contractor, Boston Micromachines Corporation has...