This is a firm-fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Materials Modifications Inc. (MMI), a minority-owned small business, for the development of a thin-film hybrid coating to mitigate ice accumulation on aircraft. The $125,000 contract aims to develop and evaluate a two-layer coating solution, with a super-hydrophobic top layer to combat supercooled water droplets and a silicone elastomer base layer to reduce ice adhesion. Phase I efforts...
This is a $124,944.00 firm-fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to NEI Corporation, a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract is for the development of a new generation of icing mitigation technology for manned and unmanned vehicles, combining a durable anti-ice coating with an active deicing device. This effort is intended to improve the performance and durability of...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Helicity Technologies, Inc., a small disadvantaged woman-owned business. The contract, valued at $124,845, is for the development of a durable, environmentally friendly, icephobic composite material that can be used to prevent ice accretion on aircraft. The proposed solution involves integrating Helicity's proprietary icephobic liquid into a cellulose...
This is a $148,855.00 firm fixed-price Phase I SBIR contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Innovative Dynamics Inc., a for-profit organization located in Ithaca, NY. The contract is for the research and development of erosion-tolerant passive anti-icing materials for urban air mobility (UAM) rotor blades. This contract has a total small business set-aside designation. Innovative Dynamics Inc. has previously performed research, development, and prototype...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to Transition45 Technologies Inc., a minority-owned small business. The $125,000 fixed-price contract seeks to develop a novel grain refinement technology to produce microstructurally enhanced nickel-based superalloy materials (IN625 and Monel 400) with higher strength capabilities for in-space propulsion applications. The work aims to demonstrate a...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $124,941.00 Firm Fixed Price contract to Innovative Dynamics Inc., a for-profit small business organization, to develop a Low Power Rechargeable Anti-Icing System for Urban Air Mobility Vehicles under the SBIR Program Phase I. The contract is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside and will be performed in Ithaca, NY. Innovative Dynamics Inc. has previously provided research, development, and prototype manufacturing of...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $125,000.00 Firm Fixed Price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Transition45 Technologies Inc., a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business. The contract examines the feasibility of an innovative surface modification technology incorporating friction stir reaction processing to produce engineered alloy structures or conventional parts with enhanced wear, environmental, and/or creep-fatigue...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Arctic Slope Technical Services, Inc., an Alaskan Native Corporation-owned small disadvantaged business. The $125,000 firm-fixed-price contract is to demonstrate the feasibility of using selective laser melting (SLM) to produce a 3-meter symmetrical radius of curvature isogrid mirror substrate for use in ultraviolet, optical, and infrared (UVOIR) telescopes....
This federal contract award, valued at $124,954.00, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Supercool Metals LLC, a woman-owned small business manufacturer of high-performance components using amorphous metals and novel thermoplastic forming processes. The contract is part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, Phase I, and is focused on developing a novel, low-cost thermoplastic forming process to manufacture multifunctional components...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Flightware Inc., a Subchapter S Corporation, to develop a novel in-process inspection (IPI) method called Layer Topographic Mapping (LTM) for laser powder bed forming (LPBF) metal additive manufacturing. The objective is to address low process maturity and part-to-part inconsistencies in LPBF by using a laser profilometer sensor to create high-accuracy 3D...