This is a $150,000 Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Dstar Communications, a small business manufacturer based in Woodland Hills, California. The award is for Phase I of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, focused on developing "Space Enhanced Crystals (SPECS)" technology for materials processing in microgravity environments. This SBIR Phase I contract has a period of performance...
This is a $900,000 Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Dstar Communications, a small business manufacturer based in Woodland Hills, California. The contract was awarded under NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, Phase II, for the "Space Enhanced Crystals (SPECS)" project, which focuses on crystal growth research applicable to space missions. This contract is set aside for small businesses and...
This is a $125,000.00 firm fixed price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to TDA Research, Inc., a for-profit small business based in Wheat Ridge, Colorado. The contract supports the development of a polyethylene-matrix composite with continuous fiber reinforcement that has outstanding radiation shielding properties as well as sufficient mechanical strength to be used as a structural material for manned...
This is a firm fixed price Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Fibertek, Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced photonic and engineering services. The $939,332.00 contract is for the "Technologies Enabling Distributed Spacecraft Missions (DSM)" project, which likely involves developing specialized laser and electro-optic technology products and services to...
This is a $899,968 firm-fixed price definitive contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to North Country Composits LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II program. The contract is for continued research and development services on localized 3-D fiber reinforcement in carbon and ceramic composites, building on an earlier $156,427 SBIR Phase I award. The work aims...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $124,991.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Fibertek, Inc., a manufacturer of advanced photonics and engineering services, to develop new ultra-low Size, Weight, and Power (SWAP-C) technology. The proposed technology aims to transform Fibertek's Compact Laser Communications Terminal (CLCT) for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) into a Distributed Spacecraft Missions (DSM) terminal capable of supporting...
This federal contract award, valued at $124,998.00, was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Materials Research & Design Inc. (Mr&D), a small business based in Wayne, Pennsylvania. The contract is for the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I and is focused on the "Evaluation of Alternative Carbon Fibers to Improve Joint Performance in 3D Woven Heatshields." Mr&D is a for-profit subchapter S corporation that specializes...
This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Materials Research & Design Inc. (Mr&D), a small business corporation, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract, valued at $124,871.00, is for the rapid fabrication of ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) with aligned discontinuous reinforcement via reactive melt infiltration. This research and development effort is...
This federal contract award, valued at $124,937.00, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Materials Research & Design Inc. (Mr&D), a small business subchapter S corporation based in Wayne, Pennsylvania. The contract is part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I and is focused on investigating the effects of high-temperature, short-duration exposure on the graphitic microstructure and properties of pan-based carbon fibers...
This is a $749,594.00 Definitive Contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Redwire Space Inc., doing business as Made In Space, a small business. The contract is for the company's pioneering work using the microgravity environment on the International Space Station (ISS) to advance manufacturing technology and product development. The contract was awarded through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. Redwire Space has previously...