Purchase Order NNL13AF62P

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Plasma Processes, LLC, a limited liability company based in Huntsville, Alabama. The $125,000 firm-fixed-price contract is focused on developing techniques to reliably join advanced ceramic composites to metallic structures for use in the Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle's Launch Abort System (LAS). The key requirement is to find a solution that can...

This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Cornerstone Research Group Inc., a small business, to develop tailored airframes and structures to reduce structural mass in support of NASA's Aeronautics Strategic Implementation Plan. The work focuses on manufacturing approaches that enable more efficient composite structures, including "unitized" fuselage configurations that combine skin, stringers, and frames into a single process for...

This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center to Fiber Materials Inc., a division of Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc. The contract is for the fabrication of at least 22 fiberform billets and PICA (Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator) infusion of the fiberform billets, as well as a report summarizing the results of laboratory acceptance testing. The contract is a Firm Fixed Price Blanket Purchase Agreement (BPA) call order with a...

This is a $1,246,736 Firm Fixed Price STTR Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Plasma Processes, LLC, a small business manufacturer of materials solutions for industrial applications. The contract is for the development of the Orion Launch Abort System (LAS), which utilizes advanced ceramic composite components as a valve control system to allow for safe maneuverability away from danger. The Phase I effort demonstrated an innovative...

This is a federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center to The Aerospace Corporation, a non-profit federally funded research and development center. The $591,895.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is for the development of a bond verification plan for the new Orion spacecraft heatshield architecture, which uses individual molded blocks of ablator material (Avcoat) adhesively bonded to the carrier structure. The effort will include...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Research Center awarded a firm fixed price contract valued at $22,128 to Pierce Aluminum Company, Inc. of Chesapeake, Virginia. The contract is for the delivery of 6061-T651 plates and 6061-T6 sheets to support the Low-Earth Orbit Flight Test of an Inflatable Decelerator (LOFTID) program. LOFTID is assessing the use of inflatable heat shields to enable the safe and affordable delivery of large payloads to Mars and other planetary...

NASA's Langley Research Center awarded a $85,070 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order to The Aerospace Corporation on March 15, 2019, for assessing risks associated with frangible joint designs used in human-rated launch vehicles and applications. The NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) will conduct a comprehensive evaluation of various frangible joint designs to determine how design parameters and flight environmental factors affect single Mild Detonating Fuse (MDF) frangible joint...

This is a Firm Fixed Price delivery order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center to Advanced Technologies, Inc., a small business aerospace engineering company based in Newport News, Virginia. The contract is for the design analysis and fabrication of Orion Multi-Purpose Crew Vehicle heat shields to be installed on an existing Orion crew module model for testing in the NASA Langley Research Center National Transonic Facility. The award, valued...

This SBIR Phase II contract, awarded to Composites Automation LLC, a small business, by NASA, is focused on evaluating automated tape placement (ATP) processing of thin-ply composites. The $749,962 contract involves material and process development, modeling, test panel fabrication, and performance evaluation. The goal is to enable the fabrication of uniform, high-fiber-volume, low-void-content composite parts using thin-ply ATP processing. The contract builds upon prior Phase I work and...

This federal contract award to The Aerospace Corporation, a non-profit organization, is for the development of a bond verification plan for the new Orion heat shield architecture. The scope of work includes the development of process controls, assessment of defect effects, proof testing, and non-destructive evaluation (NDE) for the adhesively bonded ablator material on the Orion heat shield. The contract has a ceiling value of $89,144.00 and is a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order issued by...