This $259,200 firm fixed price purchase order was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center to E-One Moli Energy (Canada) Limited. The contract is for lithium-ion high power cell design to meet NASA's requirements of over 2500 Wh/kg specific power and 6300 W/L power density, with less than 6% waste heat during continuous 9.6A discharge. E-One Moli Energy will also provide small batches of trigger cells to induce internal short circuits at 57C for...
NASA awarded a firm fixed price purchase order to Cuberg, Inc. of San Leandro, California to evaluate an innovative lithium metal anode in a rechargeable cell design that achieves much higher specific energy and cycle life than the best mass-produced lithium-ion cell designs. The potential value of the contract is $0.00. NASA seeks to advance battery technology for applications such as electric aircraft and rockets through this evaluation of an advanced battery design with Cuberg, Inc. The...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $149,925.00 firm fixed-price purchase order to R E White & Associates LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged and veteran-owned limited liability company, for the final design, part procurement, assembly, and test of three full-scale battery test articles. The purpose is to enable characterization of the propensity of a given 18650 cell and battery design to side wall rupture during thermal runaway. This contract is not...
This $85,000.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Edward Buiel Consulting LLC, doing business as Coulometrics, for the development of high energy 21700 lithium-ion cell designs that tolerate nail penetration. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. The award stems from a sole source Special Notice issued by NASA to determine critical cell design factors for achieving high specific energy...
This is a $191,850 firm fixed price purchase order contract awarded to Symmetry Resources Inc., a small disadvantaged business, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract is for Symmetry Resources Inc. to perform calendar life testing on 4 commercial lithium-ion 18650 cell designs. This testing supports NASA's evaluation of lithium-ion cell technologies for future manned space missions. The contract has an ultimate completion date of...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center awarded a $423,686.88 firm fixed price purchase order to Kulr Technology Corporation of San Diego, California. The contract is for the delivery of lithium-ion high power cell designs to meet NASA's requirements for enabling battery designs for programs including the Human Lander Systems, Orion, and others. Specifically, the original solicitation sought cell designs with power, energy density, specific energy, and power...
This firm-fixed-price purchase order contract, valued at $99,500.00, was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Amprius Inc., a for-profit organization specializing in silicon anode lithium-ion battery technology. The contract is for the evaluation of an innovative current collector to prevent thermal runaway responses to cell internal short circuits. This sole-source contract is not set aside for any particular business type. Amprius has...
This is a $749,899 definitive contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Solid Power Operating, Inc., a small business, to develop high-energy, long-life solid-state batteries for aerospace applications. The contract is part of NASA's "Ultra High Energy Solid-State Batteries for Next Generation Space Power" program and aims to demonstrate the feasibility of achieving over 600 Wh/kg and 1,000 Wh/L at the cell level, which would represent a 3-5x...
This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Cellblock FCS LLC, a for-profit limited liability company and manufacturer of lithium-ion battery fire containment and suppression solutions. The $17,361.75 contract is for the delivery of various lithium-ion battery safety products to support operations at the NASA Langley Research Center, including a Max Battery Storage Floor Cabinet, Safe Charge...
This firm fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to EAS Batteries GMBH, a foreign-owned for-profit manufacturer located in Germany. The $128,750.42 contract is for the design and assembly of 4,690 lithium-ion cells with metallized polymer current collectors to support NASA's National Spaceflight Supply Center (NASA/NSSC) research on preventing thermal runaway in space technology. The contract is not a set-aside and has a period of...