This is a $124,884 firm fixed price STTR Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Advanced Ceramic Fibers LLC, a small business, to develop ultra-high temperature ceramic matrix composites. The contract is focused on a low-risk approach to high-payoff materials research. Advanced Ceramic Fibers has prior experience in federal contracting, including several Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) awards from the Department of the Navy to develop...
This is a $58,100 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Advanced Technical Ceramics Company, a manufacturer of custom hermetic packaging solutions for high reliability microelectronic applications. The contract is for the provision of high temperature electronics packaging parts and components, including high temperature co-fired ceramic (HTCC), multi-layer aluminum nitride (AlN), and metal...
This is a firm fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Advanced Ceramics Manufacturing, LLC, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, for the development of robust ceramics for Hall-effect thruster discharge channels. The contract, worth $124,999.00, was awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I program, which supports early-stage R&D. Advanced Ceramics Manufacturing has prior experience providing specialized...
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 is a $155,625.61 firm fixed price purchase order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Exothermics, Inc., a small business manufacturer of high-performance ceramics, refractory metals, and thin film coatings. The contract is for the delivery of experimental braze development specimens, including coupons and tube assemblies that join ceramic matrix composite (CMC) materials and refractory metals like TZM. These specialized...
Advanced Ceramics Manufacturing, LLC was awarded a definitive contract valued at approximately $750,000 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center. The firm fixed price contract is for research and development of boron nitride ceramics for Hall-effect thruster discharge channels under Phase II of the Small Business Innovation Research program. Performance will occur in Tucson, Arizona over a two year period concluding in July 2023. The contract has a total...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to Materials Modifications Inc., a minority-owned small business. The $155,925.00 contract is for the development of ceramic composite nanofiber aerogel insulation for extravehicular activity (EVA) suits, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I program. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation and a completion date of February 6, 2025....
This is a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Advanced Ceramics Manufacturing, LLC, a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business. The $124,999.00 firm fixed-price contract is for the research and development of additive manufacturing of silicon carbide-silicon carbide ceramic matrix composites. This SBIR contract falls under the total small business set-aside program, which...
This federal contract award to Nanosonic Inc., a small business manufacturer, is for the development of next-generation polymer-derived ceramic matrix composite (CMC) materials under NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The $125,000 Phase II contract will enable Nanosonic to provide NASA with filament-wound, high-temperature CMC components for use in reusable spacecraft hot structures, such as leading edges, fuselage, and tank systems. Nanosonic's CMCs incorporate silicon...
This federal contract award, valued at $252,331.15, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center to Fiber Materials Inc., a division of Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. The contract is for the production and delivery of Thermal Protection Systems (TPS), including Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator (PICA) materials, fiberform billets, and associated hardware and tooling, in support of NASA's Science Mission Directorate (SMD) and related space...