Purchase Order FA864923P0776

This NASA-sponsored STTR Phase I contract was awarded to Keystone Synergistic Enterprises, LLC, a small business, to investigate methods for close-out of large, liquid rocket engine nozzle coolant channels using robotic laser and pulsed-arc additive manufacturing. The $124,774 firm-fixed-price contract will study the interface strength and metallurgical characteristics between copper and nickel alloys, as well as thermal modeling and stability of the interface. The contract supports NASA's...

This contract, awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract with Keystone Synergistic Enterprises, LLC, a small business located in Beavercreek, Ohio. The contract, valued at $1,127,503, focuses on maturing the capability to build nickel-based superalloy or stainless steel alloy nozzle liners, incorporate and close-out coolant channels, and build a structural jacket with...

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...

Purdue University, a leading research institution, was awarded a $212,555.88 contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop a new additive manufacturing (AM) technology capable of printing heterogeneous materials with high solids loadings. This is a revolutionary advancement, as it will enable the printing of propellants previously considered unprintable, allowing for the creation of unique geometries that can improve propellant burning rates. The contract...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Ultramet, a for-profit manufacturer of advanced materials solutions. Under this $890,000.00 Firm Fixed Price contract, Ultramet is developing a 3D laser-directed chemical vapor deposition (CVD) additive manufacturing system to build free-form refractory metal components for liquid rocket propulsion systems. The system will be able to deposit successive...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order to General Electric Company, through its GE Additive division, to provide one Concept Laser X-Line 2000R additive manufacturing machine to support the Liquid Engine Office (LEO) Development program for the RS25 liquid rocket engine. The contract has a potential value of $700,000.00 and a completion date of December 30, 2020. The procurement was not set aside for any...

This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Big Metal Additive LLC, a small disadvantaged business, for a STTR Phase II research and development project titled "Mission Optimized Service Spacecraft". The $1,699,214 contract, which has a completion date of May 17, 2024, will involve developing advanced additive manufacturing techniques for the production of large-scale metal spacecraft components. Big Metal Additive has prior...

This federal contract award with ID FA881416C0002 was issued by the Space and Missile Systems Center, a Defense agency, to the prime contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne Of DE, Inc. for the Additive Manufacturing Qualification Process. The $6,003,668.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract has a March 2018 completion date and did not have any set-aside designation. The prime contractor has subcontracted portions of the work to Vextec Corporation, Sigma Additive Solutions Inc., 3D Material Technologies, LLC,...

This is a $149,774 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to the small disadvantaged business Big Metal Additive LLC. The contract is for the delivery of an "Optimized Additive Manufactured Aircraft Structure" under the STTR Phase I research program. The contract has a total small business set-aside. Big Metal Additive LLC is a small business that specializes in metal additive manufacturing, including...

This $990,999.00 firm fixed-price contract was awarded by NASA to Quadrus Corporation, a minority-owned small business, for the continued development of an additive manufacturing (AM) approach to fabricate bimetallic combustion chambers for future NASA small launch vehicles. The contract, which is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II action, leverages Quadrus' expertise in selective laser melting (SLM) and magnetic pulse welding (MPW) to reduce manufacturing lead time and cost,...