This is a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Balcones Technologies LLC, a small business based in Sun City, Texas. Under the contract, Balcones Technologies and the University of Texas Center for Electromechanics will further develop an advanced concept for megawatt-class, high-voltage, variable-frequency aircraft electric propulsor motors. This builds upon their prior successful Phase I STTR...
Balcones Technologies LLC has been awarded a firm fixed price purchase order totaling one hundred forty-nine thousand nine hundred fifty-seven dollars for research under the Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I solicitation. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center contract tasks Balcones with developing brushless doubly fed motor technologies for electric aircraft propulsion through February 2024. Performing work from its Sun City, Texas location,...
This is a $239,806 firm fixed-price contract awarded by the Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) to Balcones Technologies LLC, a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for a Phase I SBIR research and development project focused on developing novel rotating electrical machines for compact power with or without integrated energy storage. Balcones Technologies has prior experience conducting SBIR-funded R&D on brushless doubly fed motors for...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Hyper TECH Research Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, for the development of high power density induction motors and drives for aircraft propulsion. The contract has a firm fixed price of $124,981.00 and a period of performance ending on March 1, 2021. Hyper TECH Research Inc. is an experienced federal contractor, having received prior SBIR awards from NASA as well as grants from the Department of Energy for...
This is a $84,334.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Balcones Technologies LLC, a small business based in Georgetown, Texas. The contract was awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III, and is for the development of the BDFM (Brushless Doubly Fed Motor) system. This work builds upon Balcones' prior SBIR Phase I and Phase III contracts with NASA and the U.S. Navy to advance their brushless doubly...
This is a firm fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Hyper TECH Research Inc., a small business manufacturer, for the research, development, and production of high power density induction motors and drives for aircraft propulsion. The contract, valued at $749,999.00, is part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program Phase II and has a completion date of October 29, 2025. This award builds upon Hyper TECH Research's prior...
This is a $149,999 Firm Fixed Price purchase order awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Hyper TECH Research Inc., a for-profit manufacturer, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract is for research and development of high power density motors and generators for single and double aisle passenger aircraft using multifilamentary high purity aluminum coils at 20K. The contract has a total small business set aside designation and is...
This is a $239,678.00 firm fixed-price contract awarded by the Department of the Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command to Balcones Technologies LLC, a small business, for SBIR Program Phase I research and development. The contract is for the development of novel rotating electrical machines for compact power with or without integrated energy storage, as well as complex mechanical systems including suspension and vibration isolation technologies. Balcones Technologies specializes in brushless doubly...
This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Balcones Technologies LLC, a limited liability company, for the development of a low nest count brushless doubly fed machine for Urban Air Mobility (UAM) applications. The contract has a total potential value of $123,935.00 and is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III action, indicating that it builds upon previous SBIR contracts awarded to Balcones...
This is a firm fixed-price $124,913 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Launchpoint Technologies, Inc., doing business as Magnetic Moments. The contract is for the design, build, and testing of a magnetic transmission system to optimize the integration of high-speed electric motors and efficient propellers for use on electric or hybrid-electric aircraft. The proposed magnetic transmission aims to...