Purchase Order 80NSSC23PA137
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- This firm fixed-price purchase order contract, awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), provides for the development and processing of High-Performance 10k lbf Regeneratively-Cooled Rocket Engine (RDRE) GRCop-Alloy Hardware in Year 2. The contract has a ceiling value of $209,000.00 and an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2024. The prime contractor is Venus Aerospace Corp., a for-profit startup aerospace company focused on...
- Venus Aerospace Corp., a Houston-based aerospace startup specializing in advanced propulsion systems and hypersonic technologies, has been awarded an FY24 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract by NASA's Shared Services Center. The $155,908 firm fixed price contract, designated as a Total Small Business set-aside, focuses on the development of a rotating detonation nozzle and is scheduled for completion by February 6, 2025. This Phase I effort represents part of NASA's...
- Venus Aerospace Corporation has been awarded a $746,249 firm fixed price purchase order by the Air Force Research Laboratory to conduct research on leading edge cooling technologies for hypersonic vehicles under STTR Phase II contract number TBD. The contract has a period of performance of just over one year, running from August 2021 through November 2022. Place of performance will be Venus Aerospace's facilities in Houston, Texas. This contract has been set aside for total small business...
- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Honeybee Robotics, Ltd., doing business as Honeybee Robotics Craft Mechanisms, for the development of a miniature Stirling cooler capable of keeping conventional electronics cool in the high-temperature environment of the surface of Venus. This technology is intended to enable the use of temperature-sensitive cameras and optical sensors for in-situ analysis of the...
- This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Ozark Integrated Circuits Inc., a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract, valued at $123,839, is for the development of an electronically-controlled high-temperature (470°C) motor capable of operating under the high-pressure (100 bar) conditions found on the surface of Venus. This supports NASA's objective to...
- This Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Ozark Integrated Circuits Inc. of Fayetteville, Arkansas. With a potential value of one hundred fifty-six thousand four hundred forty-two dollars, the firm fixed price purchase order is for the delivery of high temperature additively manufactured materials for Venus surface operations under the EO14042 program. The total small...
- NASA has awarded a firm fixed price purchase order to TGV Rockets Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, to develop an electric powerhead or electropump for a 25,000 lb class methane engine. The components are for an integrated reaction control system (~100-lb class) and a main propulsion system (25,000-lb class) feed system, utilizing common propellant tanks. This $124,432 contract has a total small business set aside and is part of NASA's broader efforts to advance integrated...
- This is a $130,299.04 grant for research awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Makel Engineering, Inc., a small business contractor. The project will develop silicon carbide-based electronics capable of operating at 500 degrees Celsius to support previously demonstrated high-temperature chemical sensors for use in harsh environments such as the surface of Venus. The goal is to enable long-duration, uncooled operation of the Venus Chemical Microsensor Array...
- NASA awarded a definitive contract to Ozark Integrated Circuits Inc., a small business, for $754,517 on July 29, 2019, under a total small business set-aside, to develop motor control electronics for Venus rock sampling drill applications. The originating effort addresses high-temperature technology development for Venus surface exploration. Phase 2 scope includes fabricating a combined motor control chipset, assembling modules, and demonstrating motor and electronics operating together at Venus...
- This definitive firm fixed price contract for $124,779 was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center to Near Space Corporation, a certified HUBZone small business, for techniques to support the aerial deployment and inflation of Venus aerobots. The contract is associated with the agency's STTR Phase I research program and has a total small business set aside designation. To be performed in Tillamook, Oregon, the awarded work supports NASA's goals of...
NASA has awarded a $242,000 firm fixed price purchase order to Venus Aerospace Corporation of Houston, Texas for the development of a high performance 10,000 pound force regeneratively cooled rocket engine graphite-alloy chamber and injector. The award is set aside for total small businesses and will support work to be performed at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center through September 2023. Venus Aerospace will deliver specialized refractory metal hardware and components for the rocket engine as originally solicited through a special notice posted in October 2022 seeking capabilities for this sole source procurement. The company has extensive experience providing similar materials research and propulsion systems to NASA and other government agencies such as the Air Force and DARPA.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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High Performance lOK lbfRDRE GRCop-alloy chamber and injector development. | 80NSSC23819646Q | National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center | Special Notice 1/1 | 10/19/22, 11:40 AM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $242.0k | 11/17/22 |