The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $74,999 Firm Fixed Price purchase order to Additive Monitoring, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the development of a closed loop adaptive laser pathing system for additive manufacturing. This STTR Phase I research contract, which has a total small business set-aside, aims to provide in-situ monitoring and real-time defect detection capabilities to improve quality control and certification of additively...
This is a $109,995 firm fixed price purchase order contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Additive Monitoring, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for sensor fusion and in-situ inspection capabilities related to additive manufacturing. The contract is set aside for small businesses and will be performed in Chicago, IL. This STTR Phase I research and development effort is focused on developing sensor fusion technologies to enable real-time defect...
This is a $1,249,918.00 Firm Fixed Price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Additive Monitoring, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for in-situ monitoring of blown powder additive manufacturing processes. The award is a Phase II STTR contract with a period of performance through December 18, 2025. This contract is set aside for small businesses. Additive Monitoring has previously received SBIR, cooperative agreement, and other prime federal...
This is a $1,179,988 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded to Additive Monitoring, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The contract, which is part of the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) program, is for the development of a real-time monitoring system to qualify and certify additive manufacturing aerospace components. The work is to be performed in San Diego, CA and the final completion date is May 31, 2024. This...
This is a Small Business set-aside contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Addiguru, LLC, a minority-owned, for-profit small business. The $1,249,998 Firm Fixed Price STTR Phase II contract is for the development of enhanced real-time monitoring of metal additive manufacturing using low-cost sensors and machine learning. The objective is to improve quality, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness in 3D printing applications, particularly for the Department of Defense. Addiguru...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $1,249,992 firm-fixed-price purchase order to 3Degrees, LLC, a minority-owned, Hispanic American-owned, for-profit limited liability company, under a total small business set-aside. The contract, awarded on February 7, 2023, is for the SBIR Program Phase II Action to accelerate additive manufacturing materials development for enhanced munitions. The work is being performed at 3Degrees, LLC's facility in Chicago, Illinois, and the project...
This is a $749,992 firm-fixed-price STTR Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Addiguru, LLC, a minority-owned small business. The contract is for the development of a machine-agnostic, real-time monitoring and flaw detection solution for metal additive manufacturing. This award builds upon Addiguru's prior work with AFRL, including research and services related to real-time monitoring, quality control, and optimization of metal 3D printing using sensors,...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $74,993.00 firm fixed price purchase order contract to Sustainment Technologies Inc., a veteran-owned small business, for the STTR Phase I research project "Integrating Additive Manufacturing Techniques with Traditional Subtractive Manufacturing Processes towards AI-Based AM Candidate Identification." This contract is focused on developing techniques to integrate additive manufacturing (AM) with traditional subtractive...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), a civilian federal agency, to Additive Monitoring, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Chicago, Illinois. The contract, valued at $90,000.00, is for the provision of fringe inspection software and support services. The contract has an ultimate completion date of May 11, 2028 and was awarded on May 12, 2025. This contract is not set aside for any...
This federal contract award to Big Metal Additive LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, is for the development of optimized additive manufactured aircraft structures. The $749,973.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), a defense agency, under the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II program. The contract has a performance period through February 16, 2024. Big Metal Additive specializes in large-scale metal...