Purchase Order M0068109P0293

The Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research has awarded a $747,347 cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract to Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a Boeing Company subsidiary, to evaluate, validate and demonstrate weight reduction and life extension benefits of reinforcing composite airframe structures with vertically aligned carbon nanotubes. Performance will take place in Manassas, Virginia through February 2023. The objective aligns with ONR's focus on developing advanced materials to...

The U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded a $400,000.00 Firm Fixed Price definitive contract to Skynano LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged, woman-owned business located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The contract is for the development of "HIGH PERFORMANCE LOW EMBODIED EMISSIONS CARBON COMPOSITES" and has a completion date of June 4, 2024. This contract was not set aside for any specific business type. Skynano LLC has a history of securing federal research and development...

The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded U-Nex Urakawa Co., LTD. a firm fixed price purchase order for fibrous rope, aceline-D valued at thirty-four thousand five hundred eleven dollars and eleven cents ($34,500.11). The contract calls for the international for-profit organization to provide maritime equipment and supplies in support of Navy operations and facilities, with all work to be performed by U-Nex Urakawa Co., LTD. at their facilities in Japan. No small...

NASA Langley Research Center awarded a $525,749 firm fixed price purchase order to COI Ceramics, Inc., a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation, to deliver 100 kilograms of Hi-Nicalon silicon carbide 1800 denier fiber tow. The fiber tow will be used to support NASA's flexible thermal protection system development efforts for atmospheric entry vehicles as part of the agency's High Density Ablator project. Over the past eight years, NASA has extensively tested Hi-Nicalon fiber and determined...

This federal contract award was issued by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Nanosonic Inc., a private company specializing in advanced materials and devices. The $150,000.00 firm fixed price purchase order is for the research and development of a highly solvent resistant, electrically resistive hybridsil foam for use in aircraft applications. This contract was designated as a total small business set-aside under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation...

Nanosonic Inc. was awarded a firm fixed price definitive contract valued at $750,000 by the United States Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to continue development of self-calibrating, conformal nanomembrane pressure sensors for embedded sensing applications. This contract is being performed under Phase II of the Small Business Technology Transfer program. Research will utilize silicon-on-insulator techniques in combination with pioneering nanocomposite materials to further the...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $40,719 purchase order to Teijin Frontier USA Inc. to deliver Zylon poly-benzoxazole (PBO) yarn with various linear densities. The yarn will be manufactured in Japan and delivered between August 30 and October 20, 2023. This firm fixed price contract supports NASA's need to procure specialized high-strength fibers for use in the agency's aerospace programs. Teijin Frontier will serve as the prime contractor on this award made...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $1,245,650.00 SBIR Phase II contract to Nanoguard Medical Solutions, LLC, a small disadvantaged business, for the development of a "SAVING LIVES IN COMBAT - A REVOLUTIONARY NANOFIBER WOUND CARE" product. The contract is a firm fixed-price purchase order with a period of performance through February 17, 2026. This SBIR Phase II action is part of the AFRL's efforts to support the development of innovative technologies for defense...

The Department of the Army has awarded a $250,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Nanosonic Inc., a for-profit manufacturing company based in Pembroke, Virginia. The contract is for the development of renewable reinforced bio-fibers. Nanosonic specializes in advanced materials and innovative devices, including technologies for the Department of Defense, NASA, and the Department of Energy. This contract is a firm-fixed price definitive contract, and it has been...

The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded a $167,500.00 Firm Fixed Price contract to Nanocomposix, Inc., a small business manufacturer of engineered nanoparticles, to develop drying processes for producing high aspect ratio conductive flakes using physical vapor deposition. This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I action contract was awarded on May 19, 2020, with a completion date of March 19, 2021. Nanocomposix has...