Purchase Order NNX15CM51P
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- This is a $750,000 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Plasma Processes, LLC, a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract supports Phase II research and development of a process to fabricate tungsten cermet nuclear fuel elements for a low enriched uranium Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (NTP) system, which is a critical technology for human missions to Mars and beyond....
- 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 $124,999.00 firm fixed-price contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Plasma Processes, LLC, a small business manufacturer of engineered materials solutions. The contract was issued under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and is for the development of "dispersion strengthened refractory metal claddings" for nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) applications. Plasma Processes has previously supported...
- This is a $750,000.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Plasma Processes, LLC, a Small Business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract is for the development of refractory metal coated uranium nitride fuel for nuclear thermal propulsion systems. Key subcontractor University of Alabama will provide characterization services including X-ray diffraction and electron microscopy. The contract...
- This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Plasma Processes, LLC, a small business limited liability company, for the development of refractory metal coated uranium nitride fuel for nuclear thermal propulsion. The $124,999.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract is a firm fixed-price definitive contract. Plasma Processes specializes in materials solutions for industrial applications, including spacecraft...
- This is a $750,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Ultramet, a for-profit manufacturer specializing in advanced materials. The contract is for the "Fabrication and Testing of Nuclear-Thermal Propulsion Ground Test Hardware", which involves designing, fabricating, and testing a system to heat high-pressure hydrogen to temperatures up to 2400 degrees Celsius for nuclear thermal propulsion...
- This is a federal contract award to Plasma Processes, LLC, a limited liability company that specializes in materials solutions for industrial applications. The $124,728.00 contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center for research and development related to hypersonic vehicle components. The contract supports the development of oxidation-resistant coatings for carbon/carbon (C/C) composites, which are being considered as structural...
- Plasma Processes, LLC was awarded a $125,000 firm fixed price definitive contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I action. The contract involves research and development of infiltrated hafnium carbonitride protective layers for carbon composite hot structures to address the SBIR solicitation. As a total small business set aside, this award supports NASA's goal of fostering...
- This is a $600,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center to Plasma Processes, LLC, a limited liability company that provides materials solutions and manufacturing services for the aerospace, defense, and energy industries. The contract is for research and development of innovative tungsten alloys for advanced propulsion systems. Plasma Processes has previously...
- This is a NASA SBIR Phase II contract awarded to Polaronyx Inc., a small business manufacturer specializing in laser-based additive manufacturing and micro-structuring technologies. The contract, valued at $749,935.00, aims to develop an unprecedented method for additive manufacturing of high-temperature materials for nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) using a femtosecond fiber laser. The contract builds on a successful proof-of-concept demonstration completed during the Phase I effort....
This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Plasma Processes, LLC, a small business, for the development of advanced vacuum plasma spray (VPS) processing techniques to produce long, hexagonal zirconium carbide (ZrC) based tie-tube support rods for nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) systems. NTP has been identified as a critical technology for human missions to Mars due to its higher specific impulse compared to traditional chemical propulsion. However, the fabrication of complex NTP reactor components made from ultra-high temperature ceramics like ZrC is challenging. This $125,000.00 firm-fixed-price Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract aims to advance VPS processing to enable the production of these critical NTP components. The work is part of the Advanced Zirconium Carbide Tie-Tubes for NTP program and supports NASA's efforts to develop improved propulsion systems for deep space exploration.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $125.0k | 6/11/15 |