This is a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Continuum Dynamics Inc., a for-profit S-corporation, for the development of a comprehensive analysis and design tool for distributed electric propulsion (DEP) aircraft. The contract, valued at $124,864.00, seeks to enhance existing V/STOL aircraft analysis and flight simulation software by creating new capabilities to accurately predict and optimize the...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Launchpoint Technologies, Inc. (doing business as Magnetic Moments), a subchapter S corporation. The $124,970 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of hardware and software for energy management in electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The focus is on techniques to ensure short-time-scale stability in power microgrids, and...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Smartgridz, Inc. (doing business as Netss), a small business. The $125,000 firm fixed-price contract is for the development of a unifying physics-based framework to model, simulate, and digitally control aircraft turboelectric distributed propulsion (TEDP) systems. The goal is to create a monitoring and decision system framework to...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Hinetics LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, for the development of a very high specific power integrated electric turbofan propulsion system. The key innovation is the use of high fundamental operating frequencies (3-10 kHz) and a mostly air-core electromagnetic architecture to increase power density and efficiency. This technology aims to enable more...
This is a Small Business set-aside contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Launchpoint Technologies, Inc., doing business as Magnetic Moments, for the development of a scalable hybrid electric propulsion system for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) and multirotor aircraft. The $754,909.00 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract will enable Launchpoint Technologies to build and fly a 1 kilowatt hybrid electric vehicle, as well as...
This is a $746,352.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to 4D TECH Solutions, LLC, a HUBZone certified, veteran-owned small business. The contract is for the commercialization of an Intelligent Electronic Speed Controller (IESC) for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) that will integrate propulsion system health monitoring sensors to predict propulsion system faults. The IESC will leverage an Artificial...
This is a Federal Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center (NSSC) to Systems Technology, Inc. (STI), doing business as S T I. The $159,908 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development and certification of an in-flight, multi-objective decision-making algorithm technique. STI is a small business specializing in engineering solutions and simulation systems, particularly in the areas of aeronautics, parachute systems, and vehicle...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $149,471 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract to Continuum Dynamics Inc. of Trenton, New Jersey. The firm fixed price contract is for FY23 STTR Phase I research involving full-scale electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft aerodynamic and acoustic flight testing, modeling, and simulation. The funding agency is NASA's Shared Services Center and contract performance will take place in Trenton...
This is a $122,030 firm fixed price contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian government agency, to Empirical Systems Aerospace Inc. (Esaero) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for a design iteration of Esaero's ECO-150 split wing turboelectric distributed propulsion (TEDP) concept, incorporating lessons learned in propulsion and thermal management system research. The effort will examine three separate propulsion system architectures,...
This is a Definitive Contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Continuum Dynamics Inc., a small business research and development company, for a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II project. The contract, valued at $799,428.00, is for a full-scale electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft performance and aeroacoustic test, evaluation, and modeling effort. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation, reflecting...