The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $1,899,978.08 Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract to Orbital Composites, Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business. The contract is for the Continuous Fiber Additive Manufacturing for Rapid Prototyping and Demonstration of Small Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) Designs. This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract has a performance period through December 14, 2026. Orbital Composites specializes in advanced...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Orbital Composites, Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, for the development of a low-cost, versatile robotic in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing platform for antennas. The $1,699,951.00 Firm Fixed Price contract has a completion date of February 14, 2025. Orbital Composites specializes in advanced composites and robotic automation, and has previously...
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 Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $1,249,927 Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract to Orbital Composites, Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, for the development of 3D printed, low-cost, radiation-hardened CubeSats for beyond-low Earth orbit optical imaging missions. This STTR Phase II contract has a completion date of May 8, 2025 and was set aside for small businesses. Orbital Composites specializes in advanced composites and robotic automation for aerospace,...
This is a $147,145 Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Orbital Composites, Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business located in San Jose, CA. The contract is for the research and development of a Fast Vertical Takeoff and Landing X-Wing Tailsitter under the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I program, which has a Total Small Business set-aside. Orbital Composites specializes in advanced composites manufacturing and...
This is a $74,982 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded to Orbital Composites, Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract is for research and development of stealth communication via 3D-printed quantum field antennas, with a performance period ending on August 3, 2023. Orbital Composites specializes in advanced composites and robotic automation in additive...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $749,764 firm fixed price contract to Orbital Composites, Inc. for research under the Small Business Technology Transfer program phase two. Orbital Composites, Inc. will conduct research on Mobile, Robotic, Continuous-Fiber 3D Printing of Low-Cost Attritable Aircraft Systems in San Jose, California from May 6, 2022 to December 19, 2023. The contract is set aside for total small business and aims to advance Orbital...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $249,999 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract to Orbital Composites, Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, for the development of an Orbital Debris Removal System (ODRS). This definitive, firm-fixed-price contract has a ceiling value of $249,999 and is set to be completed by December 30, 2022. Orbital Composites, Inc. is a California-based company that specializes in advanced composites, additive manufacturing,...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Endeavor Composites, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Knoxville, Tennessee. The $74,695 fixed-price contract is for research and development to adopt automotive out-of-autoclave manufacturing techniques to achieve speed and cost savings for attritable aircraft components. The contract has a completion date of April 17, 2025 and is set aside for...
This contract was awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Composites Automation LLC, a for-profit limited liability company focused on composites manufacturing and materials research. The $149,976 Firm Fixed Price contract is part of the SBIR Program Phase I Action and was set aside for a small business. The contract tasks Composites Automation with developing a modeling and simulation framework to support robust process design for thermoset prepregs,...