This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to San Diego Composites, Inc. (SDC), a manufacturer of complex composite components, assemblies, and engineering services for the aerospace, defense, and space systems markets. The contract, worth $749,948, focuses on establishing a closed-loop system and software for the structural health monitoring (SHM) and manufacturing quality control (MQC) of composite...
This is a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA to San Diego Composites, Inc. (SDC) for the development of a non-invasive environmental sensing system called the "NON-INVASIVE ENVIRONMENTAL SENSING SYSTEM FOR LIFECYCLE MANAGEMENT (NIEL)". The NIEL system will integrate a network of fiber optic sensors into composite materials used for spacecraft and space structures, providing real-time data on strain, temperature, radiation, and damage throughout...
This is a firm fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corporation (IFOS), a small business based in Milpitas, California. The contract, valued at $124,971.00, is for the development of an effective real-time, in-situ damage locating and growth monitoring system for composite structures using a smart, high-speed fiber Bragg grating (FBG) sensor and piezoelectric actuator network. The project aims to design an...
This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Technical Data Analysis, Inc. (TDA) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The $124,744 contract supports the development of an integrated assessment tool for evaluating thin-ply composite materials and their manufacturing processes for potential use in aerospace structures. The goal is to provide NASA and other industry users with the...
This is a $124,956.00 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Acellent Technologies Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the development, maturation, assembly, and automation of "Flexible Multifunctional Structural Health Monitoring Systems" on non-traditional conformal, bendable, and stretchable substrates for use in space. This...
This is a $125,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Luna Innovations Incorporated, a small business manufacturer based in Roanoke, Virginia. The contract supports the development of a multifunctional structural health monitoring solution for lightweight composites used in long-duration space habitats. The solution will combine fiber optic sensors for strain and temperature monitoring with piezo...
This is a $121,968 firm fixed price SBIR Phase I contract awarded by NASA to Redondo Optics, Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business located in Redondo Beach, California. Under this contract, Redondo Optics will develop, demonstrate, and deliver a miniature, lightweight, self-powered, wireless communication embedded optical fiber sensor (EFISENSE) system for structural health monitoring (SHM) of NASA's trailing body deployable decelerator systems such as parachutes and ballutes....
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $124,981.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Victor Technologies LLC, a veteran-owned limited liability company, for the development of advanced algorithms to enable the nondestructive characterization of carbon-fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) composites using electromagnetic methods. The goal is to create sophisticated inversion algorithms that can distinguish between different types of damage in...
This is a $124,907.00 firm fixed price Small Business Set-Aside STTR Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Prime Photonics, LC. The contract is for the development of a novel acoustic emission monitoring sensor as part of a larger structural health monitoring system capable of providing end-of-useful-life determination for components. The goal is to combine fatigue history with local impact events to provide a complete view of component lifetime,...
This is a $99,708 Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) Integrated Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) sensor system contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center to Intelligent Fiber Optic Systems Corporation (Ifos), a small business based in Milpitas, California. The contract is for the development of an FBG-based SHM system capable of detecting, locating, and quantifying cracks and delamination in composite structures, such as jet engine vanes. This...