This is a firm fixed-price delivery order contract awarded by the Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC), a civilian agency of the U.S. government, to Up Aerospace Inc. for a "SPECIAL PROJECT STUDY FOR INTEGRATION AND FLIGHT OF ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF THERMAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS (AM-TPS) PAYLOAD." The contract has a ceiling value of $76,423 and an ultimate completion date of January 14, 2022. This delivery order contract is part of a larger Flight and Payload Integration Services...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Apech Labs LLC, a for-profit limited liability company. The contract is for the development of a "Launch Deploy and Docking Mechanism - Half-ESPA Size" with a potential value of $149,537.00. The contract is a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order with a completion date of February 2, 2024. The place of performance is Buffalo, NY...
This is a delivery order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Goddard Space Flight Center to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, a for-profit manufacturer of goods. The contract, valued at $825,000.00, is for an "Atmosphere Observing System Inclined Propulsive Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle Secondary Payload Adapter Spacecraft Accommodation Study." The contract is a firm-fixed price delivery order under the Rapid Spacecraft Acquisition IV (RAPID...
This federal contract award was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Space Products & Innovation Inc., a for-profit manufacturing organization, under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Program Phase I. The contract, valued at $149,506.00, is for the "EO14042 PHASE I PLUG-AND-PLAY MODULARITY FOR SATELLITE MANUFACTURING" project, which will be performed in Albuquerque, NM. The contract is a Firm Fixed Price Purchase...
This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA to Digital Solid State Propulsion Inc., a small business based in Reno, Nevada. The contract is for the continued development of a multi-pulse solid rocket motor (MPM) using green, safe electric solid propellants (ESPs) for CubeSat applications. The MPM will enable desaturation of reaction wheels on 6U and 12U CubeSats for interplanetary missions, addressing the lack of storable, green, and safe propulsion...
This is a $749,500 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Planetary Resources Development Corporation (PRDC) to develop an Integrated Propulsion and Primary Structure Module (IPPSM) for small satellites. The IPPSM is designed to seamlessly integrate propulsion capabilities with the primary structure of CubeSat-class spacecraft, reducing the resources required for implementation. Under this contract,...
This is a firm fixed-price delivery order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters to The Potomac Institute For Policy Studies, a non-profit, non-partisan defense and technology think tank. The contract, valued at $680,022.00, is for a TREAT ASTRONAUT FEASIBILITY STUDY and was awarded under NASA's Professional Services Schedule (PSS), a General Services Administration (GSA) multiple-award schedule contract vehicle. The contract does not have a...
This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by NASA to Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the development of a precision latching mechanism to enable the deployment and dynamic stability of optical instruments on small satellite platforms. The $754,876 Phase II effort builds on PSI's prior SBIR Phase I work, which demonstrated sub-micron repeatability and stability of the latching technology. During the Phase II, PSI will...
This $150,000.00 firm fixed price purchase order was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Kennedy Space Center to Planetary Systems Corporation, a for-profit manufacturer of space hardware. The contract is for the delivery of a CubeSat Dispenser, which are mechanisms used to deploy small satellites called CubeSats. Planetary Systems Corporation has previously provided similar satellite deployment equipment to the U.S. government, both as a prime contractor and...
Tendeg LLC, a small business, was awarded a $124,860 firm-fixed-price purchase order by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to design and develop an advanced deployable parabolic antenna for a specific NASA science mission. The contract is part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I program and focuses on creating a prototype deployment mechanism and shape-forming net for a high-packaging-efficiency antenna system suitable for...
INNIE/OUTIE DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL STUDY THE PURPOSE OF THIS SPECIAL STUDY (PURCHASE ORDER NNK11LB52P) IS TO DESIGN, MANUFACTURE, AND TEST A POLY-PICOSATELLITE ORBITAL DEPLOYER (P-POD) MATING DEVICE TO AN EVOLVED EXPENDABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE (EELV) SECONDARY PAYLOAD ADAPTER (ESPA) SIX-U MOUNT (SUM) THAT CAN BE LAUNCHED IN EITHER AN INTERNAL OR EXTERNAL POSITION ON A LAUNCH VEHICLE PORT. MODIFICATION 3 INCLUDES THE REQUIREMENT FOR A QUALIFICATION TEST PLAN, A QUALIFICATION TEST UNIT, AND QUALIFICATION TESTING IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATEMENT OF WORK REV. 1. AS DESCRIBED IN STATEMENT OF WORK REV.1, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DESIGN AN INTERNALLY AND EXTERNALLY MOUNTED ESPA SUM THAT CAN ACCOMMODATE TWO POLY PICOSATELLITE ORBITAL DEPLOYERS (P-PODS) OR A SINGLE PLANETARY SYSTEMS CORP. (PSC) 6U DISPENSER. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM LOADS/STRESS ANALYSIS FOR EACH DISPENSER CONFIGURATION, ASSUMING A COMBINED CUBESAT PAYLOAD AND DISPENSER WEIGHT OF 15 KG. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL MANUFACTURE ONE QUALIFICATION ESPA SUM WITH INBOARD AND OUTBOARD MATING CAPABILITY AND PERFORM FIT CHECKS WITH THE SUPPLIED DISPENSERS OR MASS SIMULATORS. QUALIFICATION SHALL BE PERFORMED WITH GOVERNMENT PROVIDED SIMULATORS AND/OR MODELS, INCLUDING A PLANETARY SYSTEMS CORP (PSC) 6U DISPENSER AND TWO POLY PICOSATELLITE ORBITAL DEPLOYERS (P-PODS) WITH CUBESAT PAYLOAD SIMULATORS. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DEVELOP A QUALIFICATION PLAN AND QUALIFY THE ESPA SUM TO ESPA RIDESHARE USER S GUIDE (RUG) ENVIRONMENTS. THIS PLAN SHALL REQUIRE NASA REVIEW AND CONCURRENCE PRIOR TO PROCEEDING WITH QUALIFICATION TESTING. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE A QUALIFICATION REPORT THAT SHALL INCLUDE THE QUALIFICATION TEST DATA OF SUFFICIENT FIDELITY SUCH THAT NASA IS CAPABLE OF INDEPENDENTLY VALIDATING THE TEST RESULTS. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL NOTIFY NASA WITHIN 24 HOURS OF ANY FAILURES WHICH OCCUR DURING QUALIFICATION TESTING. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL SUPPORT KICKOFF AND MONTHLY TELECONFERENCES AS NECESSARY TO DISCUSS THE TASKS AND RESULTS. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DOCUMENT THE RESULTS OF ANY TESTING, ANALYSES, AND QUALIFICATION IN A FINAL REPORT IN BOTH HARD COPY AND ELECTRONIC FORMATS, WHICH SHALL BE SUBMITTED TO THE LAUNCH SERVICES PROGRAM MISSION MANAGEMENT POINT-OF-CONTACT, THE CONTRACT SPECIALIST, AND THE LSP INTEGRATION ENGINEER.