Purchase Order NNM17AA09W

Weldaloy Products Company was awarded a $12,000 firm fixed price purchase order by a Shared Services Center on July 29, 2025, for hot press forging of cast nickel-titanium-hafnium (NiTiHf) SA-3 ingots. The work will be performed in Cleveland, Ohio, with an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2026. This contract represents a direct prime contract award to the Warren, Michigan-based manufacturer, which specializes in precision metal forging for aerospace and defense applications. The award...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Manufacturing Technology Inc., a for-profit small business manufacturer. The $149,300.00 firm fixed price contract is for research and development work on augmented heating techniques to improve the joinability of dissimilar metals through friction welding. Manufacturing Technology Inc. has prior experience providing research, development,...

This federal contract award to Manufacturing Technology Inc. (MTI) by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is for research and development related to improving the joinability of dissimilar metals through augmented heating techniques for friction welding. The $749,896 firm fixed-price contract has an ultimate completion date of April 29, 2022. MTI, a for-profit manufacturer of custom engineered joining solutions, has previously provided research, development, testing, and production services...

Precision Welding Technologies, Inc., a small business based in Mound House, Nevada, was awarded a $23,000 firm fixed-price purchase order on January 28, 2026, to provide calibration services for a Sciaky electron beam welder. The contract, which will be performed at the Mound House, Nevada location, is scheduled for completion by March 6, 2026, and is funded through the NASA Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency. No set-aside designation was applied to this award. This contract...

This federal contract award to Plasma Processes, LLC, a small business, is for the development of diffusion bonding techniques to produce full-size tungsten cermet nuclear fuel rods for NASA's Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) program. NTP is a critical technology for human missions to Mars due to its increased specific impulse compared to traditional chemical propulsion. The $125,000 firm-fixed-price Phase I SBIR contract is focused on evaluating refractory metal interfacial coatings to...

This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the U.S. Army's TACOM Life Cycle Management Command (TACOM LCMC) to T & T Materials Inc., a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) and Small Business Administration (SBA) certified HUBZone firm. The contract is for the procurement of 718 INCONEL material, a nickel alloy that is corrosion and heat-resistant, with specific dimensions. The contract has a ceiling value of $221,595.00 and a completion date of...

This SBIR Phase I contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center, tasks Transition45 Technologies Inc., a minority-owned small business, with developing and demonstrating a novel manufacturing process based on severe plastic deformation to refine and enhance the microstructure and properties of bulk tungsten. Tungsten is a refractory metal that plays an important role in nuclear reactors, including for nuclear thermal propulsion engines,...

The Department of the Navy Naval Sea Systems Command awarded a $239,689.00 Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract to Manufacturing Technology Inc., a manufacturer of goods and Subchapter S Corporation, for Research and Development under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract is focused on developing augmented heating techniques to improve the joinability of dissimilar metals in friction welding. Manufacturing Technology Inc. has previously provided research,...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Taylor-Winfield Technologies, Inc., a manufacturer of industrial welding equipment. The $146,911.00 firm-fixed-price contract is for research on "Augmented Heating of Dissimilar Metals to Improve Joinability of Friction Welds." The contract was set aside for small businesses and is scheduled for completion on March 10, 2020. Taylor-Winfield...

This is a $124,855 firm fixed-price Phase I SBIR contract awarded by the NASA Shared Services Center to Keystone Synergistic Enterprises, LLC, a small business. The contract is for research and development to demonstrate the combined effects of Ultrasonically Assisted Thermal Stir Welding on a nickel-based superalloy. Thermal Stir Welding advances the conventional Friction Stir Welding process by independently controlling the workpiece temperature. The goal is to reduce the high forces seen when...