Purchase Order HDTRA110P0003

Reaction Systems, LLC has been awarded a $749,996 firm fixed price purchase order by the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to continue development of an advanced endothermic fuel system for thermal management in hypersonic vehicles under Phase II of the Small Business Innovation Research program. As the prime contractor, Reaction Systems will perform the work in Golden, Colorado over a period of 18 months ending in March 2023. The contract has a total small business set aside...

This is a SBIR Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI), a small business based in Andover, Massachusetts. The $1,249,988 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of an "ON-DEMAND ASCENT (ADVANCED SPACECRAFT ENERGETIC NON-TOXIC PROPELLANT) PRODUCTION SYSTEM" to address technology gaps and scale up the production of high-purity energetic compounds using microreactors. This contract is set aside for small businesses....

Rocket Propulsion Systems LLC has been awarded a definitive contract valued at $759,564 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to deliver an injector for liquid oxygen-gaseous hydrogen stable combustion at low pressure and high velocity. This Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program contract will support NASA's research into rocket engine technologies and propulsion systems over a two-year period of performance ending in June 2022. As...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Helicon Chemical Company LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The $49,864.93 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of a safe, high-specific-impulse composite propellant with minimal smoke. The contract has a final completion date of March 18, 2021. Helicon Chemical Company, a for-profit limited liability company based in Russellville, Alabama,...

This is a $167,460.52 firm fixed-price contract awarded by the U.S. Army to Reaction Systems, Inc., a small business based in Golden, Colorado. The contract is for a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) effort titled "A CMC Approach to Modeling Unsteady Combustion in an Arbitrarily G-Loaded Solid Rocket Motor." As a Phase I SBIR project, the contract supports the initial research and development of novel technologies with commercial potential. Reaction Systems has...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Digital Solid State Propulsion Inc. to provide AF-M315E monopropellant. The contract has a potential value of $129,650.00 and a completion date of June 15, 2018. Digital Solid State Propulsion Inc. is a for-profit manufacturer and provider of energetic materials and propulsion systems, with experience supporting defense, space, and commercial customers through various...

This is a $749,902 firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase II contract awarded by NASA to Plasma Processes, LLC, a small business contractor located in Huntsville, Alabama. The contract is for the development of a "green" 100-pound-force (lbf) non-toxic storable liquid propulsion thruster, which is intended to replace the current hydrazine-based systems used on spacecraft like the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle and commercial crew/cargo vehicles. The contract is part of NASA's efforts to...

Launcher Inc. was awarded a $74,545 firm fixed price purchase order by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to conduct research under the SBIR Program Phase I solicitation "FX235-CSO1-2317 - COLDSPRAY COMBUSTION CHAMBER PERFORMANCE OPTIMIZATION (C3PO)." As a self-certified small disadvantaged business, this contract was set aside for total small businesses. Under this award, Launcher Inc. will perform research and development at its place of...

This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Cascade Technologies Inc., a small business, to develop large-eddy simulation (LES) tools for predicting and understanding combustion instabilities in liquid-propellant rocket engines. The $124,952 firm-fixed-price STTR Phase I contract aims to advance computational fluid dynamics (CFD) capabilities in areas like real-fluid extensions, validation, and multiphase formulation to...

This is a $100,000 Small Business Small Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA's Ames Research Center to Plasma Processes, LLC, a small business manufacturer, for the development of a micro-propulsion device. The effort will focus on thermo-catalytic ignition and combustion of advanced mono- and bi-propellants in micro-channels, utilizing an innovative near net shape forming technique and carbon nanotube deposition to enhance the internal surface area for catalytic...