The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded a $36,225 firm fixed price purchase order to Anton Paar USA, Inc. to deliver a fully functioning Monowave 450 Organic Synthesis Microwave Reactor equipped with a Mas24 Autosampler and integrated camera. Per the original solicitation, the reactor and required accessories will be used at the Adelphi Laboratory Center in Maryland to support the Command's research efforts. Key requirements included the...
The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command awarded a $30,900 firm fixed price purchase order to Sentinel Process Systems, Inc. for a 4FM Low Flow Reactor. Performance will take place in Hatboro, Pennsylvania over a three month period concluding in December 2023. The solicitation sought delivery of the reactor and compliance with regulations including personal identity verification and safeguarding of covered defense information to support Corning Lab Reactor Expansion activities at the...
This is a $100,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center to Orbital Technologies Corporation (Orbitec) to develop the Advanced Carbothermal Electric (ACE) Reactor. The ACE Reactor is intended to efficiently extract oxygen from lunar regolith using new electric resistant heating elements, which eliminates the need for concentrated solar or laser energy used in current carbothermal...
This is a SBIR Phase II follow-on contract awarded by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to Precision Combustion, Inc., a small business specializing in advanced energy and environmental technologies. The $499,816 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is for the development of an "Advanced Small, Lightweight Multi-Fueled 1,000 - 1,500kW Variable Speed Load Following Man-Portable Power Unit." This award is designated as a total small business set-aside,...
Westinghouse Government Services LLC was awarded a $35.8 million other transaction agreement by the Office of the Secretary of Defense to design a mobile nuclear reactor. The contract has a period of performance from March 2020 through March 2022. As part of its broader nuclear energy research and development initiatives, the Defense Department is leveraging Westinghouse's expertise to develop mobile nuclear power generation capabilities. No subcontractors or set-aside designations were...
This is a firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to CFD Research Corporation, a small business based in Huntsville, Alabama. The $747,969 contract is for the development of silicon carbide-based power electronics for small fission reactors, with a completion date of May 9, 2025. CFD Research Corporation is a small business that specializes in engineering simulations and innovative designs across various industries, including...
This is a $747,651 SBIR Phase II contract awarded by NASA to Ultra Safe Nuclear Corp (Usnc) to develop passive reactor criticality control technology for nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) systems. The goal is to simplify the control of NTP systems and increase their performance during operation, by employing advanced burnable neutron poisons, tuning the hydrogen density, and enhancing the fuel temperature reactivity feedback mechanism. The contract will fund the development of an NTP transient...
This is a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA Glenn Research Center to Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (ACT), a small business located in Neffsville, Pennsylvania. Under this $137,750 firm-fixed-price contract, ACT will design, fabricate, and test a flight-like alkali metal self-venting heat pipe for use in NASA's Kilopower nuclear reactor project. The heat pipes are intended to transfer heat from the reactor to the Stirling convertors for power...
This federal contract award was issued by the Office of Naval Research, a defense agency, to Coating Technology Solutions, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, on September 9, 2015. The contract, valued at $644,022.00, is for the REACTOR program and has a firm fixed price structure with a completion date of May 6, 2016. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Based on the agency and program name, this contract is likely related to the Office of Naval Research's research and...
This is a sole source purchase order awarded by the Science and Technology Directorate of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to Mettler-Toledo Autochem, Inc. for a preventative maintenance and repair plan for their EasyMax 102 automated laboratory reactor systems. The total potential value of the order is $51,896.19, with a period of performance through February 15, 2027. Mettler-Toledo Autochem is a subsidiary of Mettler-Toledo International that specializes in automated laboratory...