The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract worth $123,809.00 to Sustainable Bioproducts LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to develop an encapsulated biofilm-biomat reactor that can efficiently convert mission-relevant feedstocks, such as human waste, food waste, and plant materials, into usable products under zero-gravity conditions. The biofilm-biomat fermentation technology enables...
This is a Small Business set-aside contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Air Company Holdings, Inc. (doing business as The Air Company), a carbon utilization company that specializes in developing sustainable fuels and chemicals. The $149,928.00 STTR Phase I contract is for the "Single-Step Production of Kerosene-Based Fuels from Carbon Dioxide and Hydrogen." This research and development effort aims to advance the company's capabilities in...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Ignite contract to Cecilia Energy Inc., a woman-owned small business, to perform research on the catalytic conversion of waste plastic to hydrogen. The contract, with a firm fixed price of $166,487.00, is set aside for small businesses and has a completion date of July 11, 2023. This SBIR Phase I contract is part of NASA's broader SBIR program, which...
Sustainable Bioproducts LLC was awarded a definitive contract valued at $749,939 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to deliver a robust biofilm-biomat reactor for conversion of mission-relevant feedstocks to products. The firm fixed price contract, set aside for total small business, will support NASA's research and development efforts through Sustainable Bioproducts' work under the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program. The reactor and...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $948,570 firm fixed price contract to Advanced Fuel Research, Inc., a small business, for the development of advanced multipollutant trace contaminant sorbents for the Exploration Portable Life Support System. This contract, which has a total small business set-aside designation, is part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II and is scheduled for completion by June 30, 2025. Additionally,...
This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center to Combustion Research & Flow Technology Inc., doing business as Craft-Tech, located in Pipersville, Pennsylvania. The firm will develop a software toolkit for $149,998 to generate open-source chemical kinetics models on demand targeting sustainable aviation fuel blends with soot precursors. The contract is set aside for total small businesses and...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a Firm Fixed Price, Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to N&R Engineering Management & Services Corporation, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business. The $121,041 contract is for research and development focused on approaches to facilitate using silicon carbide/silicon carbide ceramic matrix composite (SiC/SiC CMC) materials for high pressure turbine (HPT) engine vanes and rotor blades. This...
This federal contract award to Spectral Energies LLC, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, is for the development of a meta-model framework to generate fuel-flexible compact chemical kinetic mechanisms for use in 3-D computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations of high-pressure, low-emissions combustion. The contract, valued at $898,506.00, is part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II program. The project...
This is a $124,352 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA to P H Matter LLC, a small disadvantaged business, for the development of an Automated Carbon Formation Reactor. The contract, awarded on August 31, 2020, has a firm-fixed price and is set to be completed by March 1, 2021. P H Matter LLC is a small business that specializes in developing nanostructured materials and sustainable energy solutions, and has previously received SBIR Phase I, II, and III...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $124,992.00 Firm Fixed Price contract to Nikira Labs Inc., a self-certified Small Disadvantaged Business, Woman-Owned Small Business, and Manufacturer of Goods, for the development of a Spectroscopic System for the Accurate Determination of [O2], [CO2], D18O-O2, and D13C-CO2 in Plant Chambers. This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract is a Total Small Business Set Aside and will be performed in...