Purchase Order FA864923P0151

Advanced Thermoplastic Composites LLC, operating as ATC Manufacturing, was awarded a $71,600 firm fixed price purchase order by NASA's Shared Services Center on March 6, 2026, to design and fabricate tooling and molds for sub-scale corrugated panel production using Continuous Compression Molding (CCM) technology. The contract, which is set aside for small business concerns, requires ATC Manufacturing to design and fabricate one CCM tool, pre-former, grippers/spacers, and trim fixture capable...

This federal contract award was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Nanosonic Inc., a small business manufacturer based in Pembroke, Virginia. The $750,000 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the development of revolutionary multifunctional, self-healing, and radiation-shielding carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites as lightweight materials for space applications such as spacecraft structures and habitat modules. The contract is a Small Business...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company. The $124,914 firm-fixed-price contract will fund a comprehensive analysis of the benefits of using hybrid composites, consisting of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs), in future aircraft structures. The analysis will leverage Aurora's existing data from...

This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Kaneka Aerospace LLC, doing business as Applied Poleramic, Inc. (API), for the development of a new generation of structural high hydrogen content matrix materials combined with an interlayer modification approach to create fiber reinforced composite materials with enhanced radiation shielding, damage tolerance, and improved flammability resistance. The...

This is a $750,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Material Answers, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company located in Weston, Massachusetts. The contract focuses on the development of lightweight, multifunctional composite materials with polybenzoxazine (PBZ) matrices that provide excellent radiation shielding capabilities for use in spacecraft applications. The work builds upon...

NASA Langley Research Center awarded a $525,749 firm fixed price purchase order to COI Ceramics, Inc., a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation, to deliver 100 kilograms of Hi-Nicalon silicon carbide 1800 denier fiber tow. The fiber tow will be used to support NASA's flexible thermal protection system development efforts for atmospheric entry vehicles as part of the agency's High Density Ablator project. Over the past eight years, NASA has extensively tested Hi-Nicalon fiber and determined...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract to Harp Engineering LLC, a woman-owned small business, to develop a new low-cost, self-healing thermosetting polymer for high-temperature fiber-reinforced polymer matrix composites. The proposed polymer is intended to exhibit high glass transition temperature (Tg > 550°F), high strength, stiffness, and toughness, while allowing for room temperature processing...

This is a $749,976 fixed-price Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to TDA Research, Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation based in Colorado. The contract aims to develop a novel ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE)-matrix composite material with continuous fiber reinforcement, providing both outstanding radiation shielding and sufficient mechanical properties to serve as a...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories Inc. (GTL Company), a small business manufacturer of advanced aerospace technologies based in Tullahoma, Tennessee. The contract, valued at $124,987, aims to incorporate polyethylene into GTL's Ballistic Hemispherical Layup (BHL) technology to develop a lightweight, multifunctional composite material that can serve as primary, secondary, and interior spacecraft structure while...

The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $6.7M cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract to Advanced Thermoplastic Composites LLC (ATC Manufacturing) on September 30, 2025, for thermoplastic composites development supporting large, high-rate aircraft structures. The contract, which runs through June 30, 2028, will be performed at ATC Manufacturing's facility in Post Falls, Idaho. This award builds on ATC Manufacturing's established expertise in continuous fiber thermoplastic composite...