Purchase Order FA864921P0727

This SBIR Phase II contract, awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), is for the development of a hybrid composite material and manufacturing approach for low-cost aircraft. The $749,913 Firm Fixed Price contract was awarded to Creare LLC, a small business specializing in engineering research and development. As a subcontractor, Ingersoll Machine Tools Inc. will perform CAD modeling, mechanical fit checks, and integration of the temperature measurement system. The contract is part of...

This $500,000 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to the University of Pittsburgh aims to develop a part-scale process-microstructure simulation tool to predict the microstructure evolution of Inconel 718 processed by powder bed laser fusion, a type of additive manufacturing (commonly referred to as 3D printing). The project seeks to overcome the challenges in certifying additive manufacturing parts due to the variability in microstructure and material...

This is a $76,752.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to North Coast Tool & Mold Corp for the fabrication of composite layup tooling. The contract supports the Thermoplastic Development for Exploration (TDEA) project led by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). The tooling fabricated under this contract will be delivered to the National Institute of Aviation Research (NIAR) for use in the...

This $1,262,869.00 federal contract award was made by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Applied Optimization, Inc., a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business, under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) program. The contract aims to develop "machine independent, feature-specific parameters for laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing" to enable the Department of Defense (DoD) to produce high-quality, as-built material for complex geometry structural...

This SBIR Phase II contract, awarded to Composites Automation LLC, a small business, by NASA, is focused on evaluating automated tape placement (ATP) processing of thin-ply composites. The $749,962 contract involves material and process development, modeling, test panel fabrication, and performance evaluation. The goal is to enable the fabrication of uniform, high-fiber-volume, low-void-content composite parts using thin-ply ATP processing. The contract builds upon prior Phase I work and...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $107,099 Cooperative Agreement to Electroimpact Inc., a leading manufacturer of aerospace tooling and automation, for the High-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing (HICAM) project. The goal of this project is to demonstrate manufacturing approaches and associated technologies that enable a 4-6x production rate increase for large composite airframe structures without cost increases. As the prime contractor, Electroimpact will...

This is a $124,982 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to NextGen Materials & Processing LLC, a small business, under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Program Phase I. The objective of this contract is to leverage NextGen and the University of Massachusetts Lowell's prior experience with automated fiber placement (AFP) of thin-ply composite materials to identify critical parameters that influence...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract to Black Lattice, Inc., a minority-owned and self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the development of near-isotropic high strength, high-stiffness thermoset composite 3D printing technology as a drop-in replacement for machined metals. The firm-fixed-price contract, valued at $50,000.00, was awarded on March 6, 2020, with a completion date...

This is a $159,000 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Fossil Energy to Dm3D Technology LLC, a minority-owned limited liability company, for the development of layered composite materials for radically engineered module systems. The award has no set-aside designation and is set to be completed by March 30, 2018. Dm3D Technology LLC is a specialist in additive metal 3D printing and direct metal deposition technology, with experience supporting...

Formalloy Technologies Inc. was awarded a definitive contract valued at approximately $998,000 by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to conduct research under Phase II of the Small Business Innovation Research program. The contract involves developing metal additive manufacturing techniques to build and repair high-value copper components, with work to be performed in Spring Valley, California over an 18-month period concluding in January 2022. The firm...