This is a $1,659,456.00 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Thermasat, Inc., a small business based in Scottsdale, Arizona. The contract is for the development of the Thermasat Plus Orbital Transfer Vehicle under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. This contract is a follow-on effort to a previous SBIR Phase I award for a related technology called the Solar Powered Rocket with Impulsive Thermal Engine (SPRITE). The...
This is a $749,984 firm-fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Spark Thermionics, Inc., a small business specializing in thermionic energy conversion technologies. The contract is for the development of thermionic energy conversion systems for hypersonic applications, with a focus on addressing critical power generation needs in extreme environments. Spark Thermionics has extensive...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center has awarded a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order for $124,780.00 to Inventherm, LLC, a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract is for Inventherm's patented Meso-Scale Ericsson Power Generation System (MEPS), which will be used as the enabling technology for radioisotope generators that exceed the performance of existing Stirling power conversion systems. The...
Spark Thermionics, Inc. was awarded a $124,998 firm fixed price definitive contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center for research and development of thermionic energy conversion technologies for hypersonic applications. The contract is a Phase I award under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and has a total small business set aside designation. Work will be performed in Oakland, California through November 2021 to deliver...
This is a $125,000 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Arctic Slope Technical Services, Inc. (ASTS), an Alaskan Native Corporation-owned small disadvantaged business. The contract is for Phase I of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program to develop an electrically-heated, stored gas thruster for small spacecraft and satellites. The thruster is designed to provide excellent specific impulse...
This firm fixed price purchase order for $149,796 was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Spectral Energies LLC of Beavercreek, Ohio. The contract is set aside for total small businesses and involves research under Phase I of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. Specifically, the work will support the optimization of multiphase injector dynamics for rotating detonation rocket engines, as requested by NASA under SBIR...
This is a $149,990.00 firm-fixed price purchase order awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Energized Composite Technologies LLC, a small business, for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I research and development project. The contract is for the development of thermoplastic-based carbon fiber structural batteries for space technologies. The period of performance runs from the award date of August 7, 2024 through...
This is a $149,946 firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to EOS Energetics, Inc., doing business as Estes Energetics, a U.S. based, U.S. owned manufacturing company. The contract is under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and is for Phase I research and development of a high-capability hybrid rocket motor with a novel restartable ignition system for sample return missions. The contract has...
This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Regher Solar LLC, a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract, valued at $124,743.00, is for a research project titled "A PATH TO LOW-COST SPACE SOLAR ARRAYS BASED ON SI BLANKETS AND IN-ORBIT ARRAY CONSTRUCTION." The contract has a completion date of February 18, 2020 and was awarded on August 19, 2019....
The U.S. government agency, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), has awarded a Firm Fixed Price definitive contract with a ceiling value of $1,205,742.00 to Redwire Space Solutions, LLC, a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III. The contract, titled "SOLAR CRUISER," supports the development and delivery of a solar sail system for space exploration and operations. Redwire Space Solutions, LLC, a subsidiary of Redwire...