The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $149,956.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Photonic Cleaning Technologies, LLC (doing business as First Contact Polymer) for the development of a polymer barrier, protection, and cleaning system for ultraviolet, optical, and infrared (UVOIR) and X-ray mirrors. This Firm Fixed Price purchase order contract has an ultimate completion date of February 6, 2025. The contract is set aside for small...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract to Photonic Cleaning Technologies, LLC (DBA First Contact Polymer) to develop polymer coating-based contaminant control and elimination solutions for the Exo-S starshade probe. The $108,394 firm-fixed-price contract, which was set aside for small businesses, aims to address challenges in applying the company's strippable polymer coating technology to surfaces like...
The U.S. government agency Shared Services Center awarded a $749,999.00 Firm Fixed Price contract to Photonic Cleaning Technologies, LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the development of the First Contact Polymer (FCP), an easy-to-apply, residue-less, peelable strip coat that protects and cleans optics, detectors, and other sensitive surfaces. This contract is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The FCP technology has been used to clean...
This is a $125,000 Firm Fixed Price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Engi-Mat Co., a small business manufacturer of nano-engineered materials. The contract is for the development of a novel cleaning technology for spacecraft habitats that can eliminate the need for surfactants and reduce solid waste generation. The proposed technology aims to create functional surfaces using...
This federal contract award provides funding for Photonsystems, Inc., a small business, to develop advanced analytical methods and instrumentation for detecting trace levels of chemical and biological contaminants directly on spacecraft and related surfaces. The $124,073 firm-fixed-price contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The proposed methods employ non-contact deep ultraviolet (UV)...
This is a $121,785.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Polyk Technologies LLC, a small business limited liability company, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract is for the development of an "Integrated Approach for Space Active and Passive Dust Mitigation Enabled by Electroactive Polymer Technology." As a small business, Polyk Technologies has previously...
Freedom Photonics LLC, doing business as Freedom Photonics, has been awarded a definitive contract valued at $912,500 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to provide packaging of a photonic integrated circuit for water vapor and methane lidar. The firm fixed price contract was awarded under Phase II of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and will be performed in Goleta, California over a two year period concluding in July 2023. As a...
Photon Systems, Inc. was awarded a firm fixed price definitive contract valued at $1,118,379 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to address the need for spacecraft microbial monitoring for long duration human missions. This Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract builds upon a previous Phase I proposal and will result in the development of a near-real-time, in-situ, reagentless sensor for use on the International Space Station and future spacecraft...
This is a $149,401.00 firm fixed price purchase order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Plasmonics Inc., a small business based in Orlando, Florida. The contract is for Phase I research and development under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, with a focus on developing flexible, variable emission materials. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation and is scheduled for completion by February 6, 2025. Plasmonics...
This is a firm fixed price purchase order for a Self-Cleaning Dust Proof Fluid and Gas Connector awarded to Off Planet Research L.L.C., a small disadvantaged business, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The $124,622.00 contract is a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award, a total small business set-aside, with a planned completion date of March 1, 2021. Off Planet Research specializes in creating extraterrestrial environment...