This is a Small Business Set-Aside contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to SCCAQ Energy, LLC, a minority-owned, woman-owned small business, for the development of an advanced Stirling regenerator and heat exchanger assembly. This $124,998 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract is part of NASA's program to develop an efficient and robust radioisotope power system for space applications. SCCAQ Energy is collaborating with Temple...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $123,872 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to American Superconductor Corp (AMSC) to develop a Fission Stirling Convertor (FSC) for use with fission-based Space Nuclear Power Systems (SNPS) and/or Nuclear Electric Propulsion (NEP) systems. The FSC aims to adapt AMSC's ongoing development of a 1-kW free-piston Stirling engine for terrestrial applications to meet NASA's needs for SNPS and power...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center has awarded a Firm Fixed Price Purchase Order for $124,780.00 to Inventherm, LLC, a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract is for Inventherm's patented Meso-Scale Ericsson Power Generation System (MEPS), which will be used as the enabling technology for radioisotope generators that exceed the performance of existing Stirling power conversion systems. The...
This is a firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation - Technologies (USNC-Space), a for-profit company that specializes in advanced nuclear technologies for space applications. The $149,912.00 contract is for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I demonstration of affordable in-space dynamic radioisotope power conversion. The work will be performed in Seattle, Washington...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $124,966 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract to Advanced Cooling Technologies, Inc. (ACT), a manufacturer of thermal management solutions located in Neffsville, Pennsylvania. The contract is in response to a NASA STTR solicitation topic focused on "Energy Harvesting, Transformation and Multifunctional Power Dissemination". Under this effort, ACT, in collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University,...
This is a Firm Fixed Price STTR Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Solid State Ceramics, Inc., a for-profit manufacturing company. The $754,929.00 contract is focused on developing high-temperature energy harvesting devices that can convert waste energy, such as mechanical disturbances from thrusters or exhaust, into localized power for sensors and other devices. The program has already made progress in designing and fabricating simple,...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (STTR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Precision Combustion, Inc., a small business. The $1,124,854 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the development of a pressure and low temperature tolerant, high current density solid electrolyte for propellant grade reactants. This STTR Phase II award builds on earlier Phase I work and is focused on advancing technologies related to power generation,...
This is a $124,961.00 firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase I research contract awarded by the Shared Services Center of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Innoveering LLC, a small business based in Bohemia, New York. The contract is for the development of a MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) Solid State Semiconductor-Based Thermionic Converter ("MSSTIC") technology. This award is part of NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which provides...
This STTR Phase I contract, awarded by NASA, tasks IOP Technologies LLC, a woman-owned small business, with designing and developing advanced thermionic energy converter (TEC) cathodes based on diamond films. The goal is to create efficient systems for converting thermal energy into electrical energy to support NASA's deep space missions, particularly for regenerating air, water, and waste, as well as powering life support and other systems using renewable energy sources and waste heat. The...
This firm fixed-price contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Little Prairie Services LLC, doing business as Desert Fox Engineering Services, a self-certified small disadvantaged and veteran-owned business. The $124,925 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract is for nuclear thermal propulsion (NTR) fuel testing to be conducted in Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) reactor facilities. This contract...