This $259,200 firm fixed price purchase order was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center to E-One Moli Energy (Canada) Limited. The contract is for lithium-ion high power cell design to meet NASA's requirements of over 2500 Wh/kg specific power and 6300 W/L power density, with less than 6% waste heat during continuous 9.6A discharge. E-One Moli Energy will also provide small batches of trigger cells to induce internal short circuits at 57C for...
This is a $260,903 firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Johnson Space Center to Symmetry Resources Inc., a for-profit, small disadvantaged business subchapter S corporation. The contract is for the provision of lithium-ion battery testing and consulting services, including calendar life testing, cycle life testing, seal integrity testing, performance calorimetry, and overall performance benchmarking of various...
This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to X-Wave Innovations, Inc. (XII), a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business. The $124,998.00 firm fixed-price purchase order is for research and development under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I program. The research aims to develop a novel approach to simultaneously detect and correct internal structural and mechanical changes in lithium-ion cells, which can...
This is a $191,850 firm fixed price purchase order contract awarded to Symmetry Resources Inc., a small disadvantaged business, by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract is for Symmetry Resources Inc. to perform calendar life testing on 4 commercial lithium-ion 18650 cell designs. This testing supports NASA's evaluation of lithium-ion cell technologies for future manned space missions. The contract has an ultimate completion date of...
NASA's National Spaceflight Support Center (NSSC) awarded a $34,840 firm fixed-price purchase order to Symmetry Resources Inc., a small disadvantaged business located in Arab, Alabama, for the assembly and acceptance testing of two 112-cell lithium-ion battery bricks. The contract is not associated with a larger contract vehicle and has no set-aside designation. Symmetry Resources, which specializes in battery testing and analysis, will perform the work at the Johnson Space Center. The...
This is a $125,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to NEI Corporation, a self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Piscataway, New Jersey. The contract aims to develop advanced lithium-ion battery technologies to meet the energy storage needs for NASA's extravehicular activities. The program seeks to demonstrate the commercial feasibility of a new class of lithium-ion batteries that...
This $85,000.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Edward Buiel Consulting LLC, doing business as Coulometrics, for the development of high energy 21700 lithium-ion cell designs that tolerate nail penetration. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. The award stems from a sole source Special Notice issued by NASA to determine critical cell design factors for achieving high specific energy...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Cornerstone Research Group Inc. (CRG), a small business based in Miamisburg, Ohio. The contract, valued at $124,921.00, is for the development of an advanced lithium-sulfur battery (LSB) to meet NASA's needs for high energy density, rechargeable, and safe energy storage for space exploration systems, including rovers, landers, and ascent vehicles. The...
This firm-fixed-price purchase order contract, valued at $99,500.00, was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Amprius Inc., a for-profit organization specializing in silicon anode lithium-ion battery technology. The contract is for the evaluation of an innovative current collector to prevent thermal runaway responses to cell internal short circuits. This sole-source contract is not set aside for any particular business type. Amprius has...
This is a $43,729 firm fixed price purchase order awarded to Symmetry Resources Inc., a small disadvantaged business, by NASA's Shared Services Center. The contract is for 3 test methods for detecting lithium-ion 18650 battery cells. Symmetry Resources Inc. is a for-profit subchapter S corporation that provides specialized battery testing and consulting services to NASA, focused on evaluating lithium-ion cell technologies for use in future manned space missions. The contract does not have a...