Purchase Order NNX17CK08P
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- This is a $124,877 Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. to develop a robotic system for building landing pads on planetary bodies like the Moon and Mars. The objective is to excavate, sort, and deposit in-situ regolith (surface material) to create a stabilized surface for repeated landings and takeoffs. This supports NASA's space exploration goals and addresses issues observed...
- Honeybee Robotics, LTD., doing business as Honeybee Robotics Craft Mechanisms and a subsidiary of Ensign-Bickford Industries, Inc., has been awarded a $1,000,518 firm fixed price definitive contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) for the research and development of robotic in-situ resource utilization technologies to construct planetary landing and launch pads. The contract is associated with Phase III of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and will...
- Honeybee Robotics LLC, a subsidiary of Ensign-Bickford Industries, has been awarded a $5.8 million definitive contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop a pneumatic excavation mechanism for lunar resource utilization. The firm fixed price contract was awarded under Phase III of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program and will be performed in Brooklyn, New York over a 30-month period ending in November 2022. The mechanism is intended to support...
- Honeybee Robotics LLC, a Longmont, Colorado-based subsidiary of Ensign-Bickford Industries, received a $345,102 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III definitive contract from NASA's Shared Services Center on March 8, 2023. This firm fixed-price award, with completion targeted for September 1, 2025, supports development of a pneumatic excavation mechanism designed for lunar resource utilization. As a Phase III SBIR contract, this award represents commercialization and scalability...
- Honeybee Robotics, LTD. (doing business as Honeybee Robotics Craft Mechanisms) was awarded a $15.4 million firm fixed-price contract by NASA's Shared Services Center on September 14, 2020, for the development of one-meter class drilling systems for planetary exploration. This Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program award represents the advancement of technology from earlier development phases into production and commercialization. The contract, which carries no set-aside...
- NASA's Shared Services Center awarded Honeybee Robotics LLC a $1.996M definitive contract under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III action for development of a pneumatic excavation mechanism for lunar resource utilization. The contract, awarded on April 4, 2023, with an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2026, represents a cost-sharing arrangement with no set-aside designation. Work will be performed in Longmont, Colorado. Honeybee Robotics, a subsidiary of...
- This $150,000.00 firm fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center to Honeybee Robotics, Ltd., doing business as Honeybee Robotics Craft Mechanisms, a for-profit subchapter S corporation. The contract is part of NASA's Earth Science Technology Office/Advanced Component Technology major program and will support the Assemblers Project, which aims to transform in-space assembly efforts by applying the latest...
- This is a $89,988 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. to develop robotic interfaces for translation, manipulation, and charging for the NASA Gateway program. The contract is designated as a Small Business set-aside. Honeybee Robotics, a subsidiary of Ensign-Bickford Industries, has previously received NASA grants and contracts to support space exploration goals, including providing drilling systems, robotic...
- This is a $500,000.00 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Honeybee Robotics, Ltd., a subsidiary of Ensign-Bickford Industries, Inc. The grant is for a research project to increase the fidelity of lunar surface testing for sample collection. Honeybee Robotics will work with Masten Space Systems to mimic the expected plume effects from landing on the Moon, using existing PlanetVac hardware and developing test methodologies to...
- This is a $120,048.00 fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Honeybee Robotics, Ltd. doing business as Honeybee Robotics Craft Mechanisms. The contract requires Honeybee Robotics to miniaturize a heritage spaceflight motor controller using system-in-package technology to create a smaller, universal solution for controlling brushless DC, permanent magnet synchronous, and microstepping motors...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (STTR) Phase I contract to Honeybee Robotics, LTD. (doing business as Honeybee Robotics Craft Mechanisms), a small business, to develop technology for the robotic construction of landing pads, roads, habitats, and other critical infrastructure on the Moon or Mars using in-situ resources such as regolith. The $118,690.00 fixed-price contract requires Honeybee Robotics to determine optimal building block shapes, manufacture molds, fine-tune the sintering process, produce and test prototype building blocks, and develop the robotic concept and designs for horizontal and vertical structures. This work supports NASA's Planetary Lego program and future human exploration of the Moon and Mars.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| 2 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 11/2/18 | |
| 1 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 6/8/18 | |
| Not listed | Not listed | $118.7k | 6/9/17 |