This federal contract award, valued at $109,946.00, was granted to Exploration Laboratories LLC, doing business as Exlabs, a minority-owned and Hispanic American-owned small business. The contract, designated as a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I, was issued by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for the development of an "ORIGAMI SOLAR ARRAY" technology. This award falls under the AFRL's research and development efforts focused on advanced space technologies...
<p>The Air Force Research Laboratory issued a purchase order to Gravitics, Inc. for an orbital drone satellite carrier for space-based tactically responsive missions, valued at $1,699,733.00, awarded March 25, 2024. The order is set aside for total small business. Work is performed in Erie, Colorado. The ultimate completion date is September 25, 2025. Pricing is firm fixed price.</p>
<p>This is a $1,688,745.00 Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order contract awarded to Above Orbital Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the SBIR Program Phase II. The contract is for the development of an Orbital Assembly - Beamed Energy Receiver system, with a completion date of May 15, 2024. The contract was set aside for small businesses. No subcontractor information was provided.</p>
<p>The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a purchase order to Array Labs, Inc., a small business, on May 24, 2024, for $1,248,053 under the Total Small Business set-aside to develop next-generation CubeSat high bandwidth communications systems as SBIR Phase II proposal F2D-11232. Work is performed in Sunnyvale, California. The order carries a firm fixed price and an ultimate completion date of February 24, 2026.</p>
This is a $16,759,273 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Opterus Research and Development, Inc., a for-profit aerospace manufacturer, for the development of a tension aligned antenna structure. The contract was awarded on November 21, 2019 with a period of performance through March 25, 2025. The award is part of AFRL's broader Research Options for Space Enterprise Technologies (ROSET) program, a five-year broad agency announcement seeking...
<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>
<p>The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a purchase order to Agile Space Industries, Inc., a small business, for a multi-mode propulsion system for dynamic space operations, with a ceiling value of $1,249,328 and an award date of June 13, 2024. The order is a Total Small Business set-aside with firm fixed price terms. Work is performed in Durango, Colorado, with an ultimate completion date of March 26, 2026.</p>
This is a $6,885,035.00 Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to the small business prime contractor Redwire Space Solutions, LLC for the development of Deployable Structural Booms for SmallSat Antennas. The contract was awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program, Phase II. The performance location is Niwot, Colorado. Two subcontractors are involved in the effort - E Nelson Engineering, LLC and Opterus Research and...
This is a $155,268 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Opterus Research And Development, Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of spacecraft components. The contract is for the FY24 SBIR Phase I development of advanced deployable/inflatable antenna apertures up to millimeter-wave frequencies. It is set aside for small businesses. Opterus has received numerous prior SBIR and STTR contracts from NASA, the Department of Defense, and other agencies,...
This is a $390,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to NGD Systems, Inc., a small business manufacturer, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract is for a hardware solution to meet the Space Force's on-orbit trusted autonomous requirements for CubeSats, with a period of performance ending on July 22, 2024. As an SBIR Phase II award, this contract builds upon prior Phase I research and development work...