This is a Definitive Contract awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Opterus Research and Development, Inc., a small business manufacturer of aerospace technologies. The $879,906.00 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the development of a Solar Sail Tubular Mast under the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II research program. The award has a total completion date of December 5, 2025. Opterus, based in Loveland, Colorado,...
This is a firm fixed price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Opterus Research and Development, Inc., a small business contractor, for the development of a deployable solar concentrator. The potential value of the contract is $124,893.00. Opterus Research and Development, Inc. is a manufacturer of aerospace products and services, including deployable spacecraft structures, solar arrays, and other components for...
Opterus Research and Development, Inc. was awarded a $122,007 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to develop solar array blanket technologies suitable for solar electric propulsion (SEP) missions. The technologies will address NASA's needs for increased power, modularity to reduce cost, high voltage operation, and operation in a SEP environment. This work is being performed under the Small Business Innovation...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded Opterus Research and Development, Inc. a $156,227 firm fixed price purchase order under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I solicitation for the development of deployable solid surface spiral wrapped antenna technology. As the prime contractor, Opterus will perform research at its Loveland, Colorado facility to advance antenna technologies for NASA missions. The contract has a January 2023 period of...
This is a firm fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Opterus Research and Development, Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of aerospace products and services. The contract is for the research and development of a trussed collapsible tubular mast and deployer system, with a potential value of $149,458.00. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation. Opterus Research and Development, Inc. has...
Opterus Research and Development, Inc. was awarded a $155,474 firm fixed-price purchase order by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center (NASA) to conduct research under the agency's Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I program. The contract calls for Opterus to perform work on EO14042 FY22 STTR PHASE I SOLAR SAIL TUBULAR MAST, indicating the company will research and develop technologies related to solar sails and tubular masts for potential use...
This is a $30,000 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Opterus Research and Development, Inc., a small business manufacturer of critical spacecraft components and deployable structures. The contract is for the development of a solar sail boom architecture in support of NASA's SCOPE mission, a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III effort. As a Phase III SBIR award, this contract represents the transition of Opterus' prior...
This is a $150,000.00 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Opterus Research and Development, Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract is for research and development to develop flexible solar arrays for small spacecraft buses. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation. Through prior federal contracts, Opterus Research and...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $124,978 firm fixed price contract to Deployable Space Systems, Inc. (DSS), a division of Redwire Space Enterprises, Inc., for the development of a high-performance, ultra-compact solar array system for use on NASA and non-NASA space missions. This SBIR Phase I contract will fund research and development of a tensioned membrane blanket solar array that can be stowed in a very small volume, allowing larger solar arrays to...
Opterus Research and Development, Inc. was awarded a definitive contract valued at approximately $750,000 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to deliver a Lunar Solar Array Monolithic Truss as part of the agency's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II efforts. The firm fixed price contract has a period of performance from June 2020 through June 2022 and will be performed in Loveland, Colorado. It has a total small business set...