This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Faraday Technology, Inc., a manufacturer of electrochemical and materials research and engineering solutions. The objective of the $125,000 fixed-price contract is to develop a scalable, cost-effective process to produce metallic coatings that can enhance the high-temperature reliability, corrosion/oxidation resistance, and erosion resistance of critical...
This is a $1,249,833 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Solution Spray Technologies LLC, a small business, in May 2022. The contract is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II program and focuses on developing performance-enhancing thermal barrier coatings for high power density applications. The work will be performed in Storrs, Mansfield, Connecticut, with the goal of improving engine performance and efficiency....
The U.S. Department of the Navy, through the Office of Naval Research (ONR), has awarded a $3,132,701 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to RTX Corporation's Pratt & Whitney division to research and develop improved ceramic thermal barrier coatings for aerospace applications. This contract, awarded on September 30, 2024, is part of a long-range science and technology (S&T) program aimed at enhancing the durability of these specialized coatings when exposed to siliceous environments. Pratt...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force Materiel Command to Reliacoat Technologies, LLC, a minority-owned small business. The contract, valued at $749,741.48, is for the development of engineered thermal spray coating solutions. It was set aside for small businesses. Reliacoat Technologies, LLC specializes in thermal spray coatings and manufacturing for sustainable engine component performance. The company has secured multiple federal...
This is a $102,000 training grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to The Pennsylvania State University, doing business as Penn State, to investigate unique thermal and environmental barrier coatings composed of doped rare earth silicates. The research will focus on the kinetics of the thermochemical reactions with CMAS (Calcium-Magnesium-Alumino-Silicate) materials, as well as the thermal and mechanical properties of the EBC-CMAS systems. Coatings of...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Directed Vapor Technologies International, Inc. (DVTI), a small business located in Charlottesville, Virginia. The contract is valued at $119,200.00 and is part of NASA's ADVANCED DEPOSITION CAPABILITY FOR OXIDATION & CORROSION PROTECTION COATINGS program. Under this contract, DVTI will use their DVD coating process to apply two coating compositions, NI30CR0.1Y and NI45CR0.1Y,...
This federal contract award was issued by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Elemental Coatings LLC, a small business, for the research and development of advanced anti-icing protection for rotorcraft. The $149,975.00 Firm Fixed Price contract has a completion date of May 15, 2021 and was awarded under the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I program, a set-aside for small businesses. Elemental Coatings LLC specializes in developing solutions...
This contract was awarded by the Department of the Army Materiel Command TACOM Life Cycle Management Command to Commodo Materials LLC, a woman-owned small business, to conduct research under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Phase I program. The contract is for the development of "HIGH TEMPERATURE WEAR COATINGS FOR IMPROVING HIGH OUTPUT MILITARY DIESEL ENGINE PERFORMANCE AND DURABILITY" and has a firm fixed price of $149,682.35. The contract was awarded on August 31, 2018...
This is a $4,673,417 definitive contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory to Arctos Technology Solutions, LLC for "Progressive Damage Model Benchmarking for Ceramic Matrix Composite Components in Turbine Engine Applications." The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, aims to develop and transition technology for certifying life-critical turbine engine components utilizing advanced high-temperature ceramic matrix composite (CMC) materials. Arctos...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by NASA to Combustion Research & Flow Technology Inc. (Craft-Tech), a small business specializing in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) services. The contract, valued at $749,999, aims to develop a software toolkit that can accurately predict nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions and other pollutants in gas turbine engines and generators within the context of unsteady CFD simulations. This is part of NASA's efforts to...