This federal contract award was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Supercool Metals LLC, a woman-owned small business manufacturer of high-performance components using amorphous metals and novel thermoplastic forming processes. The $124,994 firm-fixed-price contract is for Phase I of a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project to develop a fabrication method utilizing the thermoplastic forming ability of bulk metallic glasses to...
Big Metal Additive LLC was awarded a $749,350 firm fixed price purchase order as the prime contractor by the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to deliver a HAM-SAT hybrid additive manufactured satellite under Phase II of the Small Business Innovation Research program. The contract has a total small business set aside designation and requires performance at Big Metal Additive's facility in Denver, Colorado over a period of just under 15 months beginning in March 2021. No major...
This federal contract award, valued at $124,954.00, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Supercool Metals LLC, a woman-owned small business manufacturer of high-performance components using amorphous metals and novel thermoplastic forming processes. The contract is part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, Phase I, and is focused on developing a novel, low-cost thermoplastic forming process to manufacture multifunctional components...
This is a $123,634 firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Semplastics EHC LLC, a small business, to develop an ultra-low cost, lightweight, molded, chalcogenide glass-silicon oxycarbide composite mirror component. The goal is to achieve an order of magnitude improvement in areal cost (cost per square meter of collecting aperture) over current technologies for future NASA space mirror requirements. Semplastics will leverage its in-house technologies to produce a molded bulk...
Hyper TECH Research Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, was awarded a $125,000.00 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop and improve second-generation magnesium diboride (MgB2) superconducting wires. The goal is to produce lightweight, high-performance superconducting wire with high current carrying capacity, operating temperatures between 4-30 Kelvin, and long piece-lengths up to 60 kilometers. This research...
Howmet Global Fastening Systems Inc., a subsidiary of Alcoa Extrusions, Inc., has been awarded a $0 delivery order contract by the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime to provide hinges and access door hardware. The contract has no set-aside designation and calls for delivery of the requested products to a facility in Simi Valley, California by October 2023. As a key supplier to the DLA, Howmet will support the agency's efforts to equip military vehicles, vessels, and ground...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Gener8, LLC, doing business as Gener8 Inc., a small business manufacturer of medical devices and engineering services. The $749,982 fixed-price contract is for the design and fabrication of an Integrated Waveguide Optical Gyroscope (IWOG) that can be used in very small Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs) with near-tactical grade performance, higher...
This federal contract award to Peregrine Falcon Corp, a small business manufacturer, is focused on maturing advanced mirror and telescope assembly technology. The goal is to significantly reduce the cost of space mirrors from the current state-of-the-art of $6.4 million per square meter to less than $1.6 million per square meter, while maintaining low weight, high stiffness, and high performance for X-ray, neutron, and UV/optical applications. The $749,280 Small Business Innovation Research...
<p>The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $149,819.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Nanoal LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, to develop aluminum-based metallic glass alloys for use in the additive manufacturing of high-toughness aerospace components. The contract is a firm-fixed-price purchase order with a completion date of November 27, 2018.</p>
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $749,931 Firm Fixed Price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Magiq Technologies, Inc., a for-profit optics and photonics technology company based in Somerville, Massachusetts. The objective of the contract is to develop a fast-light enhanced fiber optic gyroscope that can provide higher performance and/or lower size, weight, and power requirements compared to traditional navigation systems. The...