This is a $320,555 Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Motiv Space Systems, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation based in Pasadena, California. The contract is for the development of a "Dirty Vacuum Rated Robotic Arm for Directed Energy Deposition of Lunar Regolith" under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III program. This contract award is a Total Small Business Set-Aside, leveraging Motiv...
This is a $124,119 fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Motiv Space Systems, Inc., a small business based in Pasadena, California. The contract is for the development of a Dual Axis Controller for Extreme Environments (DACEE), a motion control power electronics system designed to operate in the extreme temperature environments of future NASA space exploration missions, such as to asteroids, comets, the Moon, and Titan. The DACEE system will leverage Motiv's prior work on...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract to Motiv Space Systems, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation, under the SBIR Program Phase I. The contract, valued at $124,971, is for the development of the "Fast Advanced Scout Terrain Rover (FASTR) Mobility Architecture for Lunar Missions." This is a Total Small Business set-aside contract. Motiv Space Systems has a history of receiving SBIR Phase I, II, and III contracts...
Motiv Space Systems, Inc., doing business as Motiv Space Systems, was awarded a definitive contract valued at $4,980,231 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The firm fixed price contract is for research and development of a Distributed Extreme Environments Drive System (DEEDS) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. Performance will take place in Pasadena, California over a two year period concluding in September 2023....
This is a $9,998,835.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Shared Services Center (a civilian federal agency) to Motiv Space Systems, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation based in Pasadena, CA. The contract is for the PHASE III - FLY FOUNDATIONAL ROBOTS (FFR) DEVELOPMENT AND DEMONSTRATION MISSION, which is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III action. The contract has a completion date of July 1, 2027 and was awarded on June 25, 2025. Motiv Space Systems...
This is a firm fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Motiv Space Systems, Inc. to provide a cryogenic focus mechanism. The contract has a potential value of $124,966.00 and is set aside for small businesses. Motiv Space Systems, Inc. is a for-profit subchapter S corporation that specializes in the design and development of robotic arms, motor controllers, and other motion control systems for space applications. The...
NASA's Shared Services Center awarded a $11,061 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Northwest UAV, a small business manufacturer of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) components, for the delivery of two Embension MC110 Motor Controller units. This contract is part of NASA's Rotorcraft Vertical Lift Technology (RVLT) project at the Glenn Research Center and is set aside for small businesses. The motor controllers must meet stringent technical requirements, including specific certifications, to...
This is a federal contract award to Motiv Space Systems, Inc., a Pasadena, California-based company that specializes in designing and building robotic arms, motor controllers, and mechanisms for space applications. The contract, valued at $6,621,599.00, was awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The contract is for the development of a robotic manipulator configuration with four degrees of freedom,...
The U.S. government agency NASA has awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Motiv Space Systems, Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation based in Pasadena, California. The $149,719 firm-fixed-price contract, titled "Robotic Actuators for Cryogenic Environments (RACE)," is a total small business set-aside. The contract aims to develop advanced robotic actuators for use in cryogenic environments, supporting NASA's space exploration efforts. Motiv Space...
The U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center (NSSC) awarded a $45,760 firm-fixed-price purchase order to Yasa LIMITED, a UK-based manufacturer of electric motors and controllers. The contract is for the acquisition of two YASA 750R axial flux electric motors to be used in a test stand at NASA Langley Research Center. This sole-source procurement was issued under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b)(1)(i), as NASA determined...