The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $1,698,437 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Agile Space Industries, Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced aerospace and defense technologies. The contract is for the development of "Mobile Spacecraft Processing Infrastructure for Tactically Responsive Launch" under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II program. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation, indicating the...
<p>The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded a $109,997.00 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Launchspace Technologies Corp for an "ADVANCED SATELLITE SHIELDING SOLUTION FOR THE KINETIC ASAT THREAT AND ORBITAL DEBRIS". The contract has a completion date of May 12, 2025. This award is a standalone contract and not associated with a larger contract vehicle.</p>
The Department of the Air Force Space Command Space and Missile Systems Center awarded a $689,709 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract to AS And D, LLC of Calverton, Maryland for Tactically Responsive Launch - 2 Mission Assurance IV & V. AS And D, LLC is a subsidiary of Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, an Alaskan native corporation. Under the contract, AS And D will provide mission assurance activities including verification and validation in support of the Space and Missile Systems...
This federal contract award to Relativity Space, Inc. is for real-time flaw detection in large format additive manufacturing. The $8,765,978.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract was awarded on January 17, 2024 by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, a defense agency, and has an ultimate completion date of April 17, 2026. The contract was awarded under an open broad agency announcement solicitation from the Air Force Research Laboratory's Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, which is focused on...
<p>The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Spaceport Authority Inc. for the development of "LAUNCH PADS AT SEA FOR SPACE SUPERIORITY". The firm-fixed-price purchase order, valued at $74,994.00, has a completion date of September 26, 2024. This contract is set aside for total small business participation.</p>
This is a $747,950.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Slingshot Aerospace Inc., a small business, for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II project. The contract is for the development of rapid on-orbit threat identification and custody capabilities via on-demand sensor tasking. This work supports AFRL's space technology initiatives and aligns with the agency's mission of driving advancements in space situational awareness and...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded a $109,475.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Max Space, Inc. for the development of "SPACE INFRASTRUCTURE: ENABLING RAPID, COST-EFFECTIVE, AND SCALABLE ON-ORBIT STORAGE AND LOGISTICS." This firm-fixed-price purchase order contract has a performance period through March 15, 2024. The contract supports AFRL's research and development initiatives focused on enabling rapid, cost-effective, and scalable...
This is a $1,799,999.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded to Rhea Space Activity, Inc., a small business technology company based in Washington, DC. The contract was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract is for the development of AI-controlled high-altitude balloons and surface vessels for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Distributed Satellite Architecture (D2P2) program. The...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $109,341 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Heliospace Corporation, a small business based in Berkeley, California. The contract is for the delivery of spaceborne ground penetrating radar as a service to support defense, climate, and resource sustainability applications. This award falls under the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program, which is set aside for small businesses. Heliospace Corporation has previously...
<p>The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $74,882 firm-fixed-price Purchase Order contract to Averatek Corp, a small business manufacturer, for the development of antennas and frequency select surfaces for hypersonic applications under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract has a completion date of February 4, 2023 and was set aside for total small business participation.</p>