Purchase Order FA864921P1122

<p>The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $749,998 firm fixed price purchase order to Third Wave Systems, Inc. of Eden Prairie, Minnesota for research to increase the production yield of carbon/carbon composites through machining optimization under the Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase II initiative. The contract period of performance is from May 25, 2022 through October 25, 2023 and is set aside for total small business.</p>

This is a $128,798.00 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Allcomp Inc. Aeronautics Division, a small disadvantaged business manufacturer, under the SBIR Program Phase I. The contract is for the development of improved carbon/carbon coatings for increased durability in high heat flux environments. Allcomp has prior experience providing research and prototypes related to enhanced conductivity carbon-carbon materials,...

This is a $149,870 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Allcomp Inc., a small disadvantaged business in California. The contract is for research and development of affordable carbon-silicon carbide (C-SiC) composites for hypersonic structural thermal protection system (TPS) applications. Allcomp has prior experience providing advanced materials research and prototypes for reusable aerospace components. This SBIR Phase I...

This $124,992 firm-fixed-price contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Composites Automation LLC, a small business limited liability company. The contract is for a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project to develop an ultra-thin and formable prepreg material from reusable short carbon fiber composites (CFC). The key objectives are process and material development, test panel fabrication, and mechanical...

This federal contract award, valued at up to $4,817,308.00, was issued by the Air Force Research Laboratory to Battelle Memorial Institute, a large nonprofit research and development organization. The contract is focused on &quot;Variability Reduction and Monitoring in 2D and 3D Carbon/Carbon Composites Manufacturing&quot; and does not have any set-aside designation. Battelle Memorial Institute will serve as the prime contractor, with several subcontractors supporting the effort, including...

This contract was awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI), a for-profit research and development company, for the development of silicon carbide-based ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) capable of operating at very high temperatures in propulsion systems. The $754,923 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II contract builds on PSI's previous work incorporating refractory and rare earth additives into the SiC matrix to improve...

This is a $125,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Ultramet, a small business manufacturer of advanced materials. The contract aims to develop innovative melt infiltration processing techniques to optimize the refractory carbide matrix in carbon fiber-reinforced composite materials for use in hypersonic vehicle hot structures. This builds on Ultramet's prior work for NASA and the...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $70,363 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Orbital Composites, Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, to develop additively manufactured carbon-carbon/silicon carbide reusable thermal protection systems. This contract supports AFRL's efforts to advance additive manufacturing capabilities for aerospace applications. As a small business, Orbital Composites specializes in developing innovative...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $748,874 Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract to Convergent Manufacturing Technologies US Inc., a small business, for thermal modeling and development of high-temperature polymer matrix composite (PMC) structural repair capabilities under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is focused on research and development for aerospace applications, with potential applications in areas such as...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $1.25 million firm fixed price contract to Graphenetx Inc. to develop Data-Driven Digital-Twin Software for Carbon Fiber Composite Curing (DD-CURE). The work will be performed in Elgin, Texas over a 27 month period ending in June 2025. The contract is set aside for total small businesses as part of Phase II of the Small Business Innovation Research program. Graphenetx Inc. will develop software to model and simulate...