This federal contract award to Redwire Space Inc., doing business as Made In Space, is for the development and demonstration of Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) capabilities through an active Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project. The objective is to enable increased reliability, reduced maintenance costs, and enhanced mission safety for future NASA exploration on the Moon and Mars through the use of "Structural-Health Aware Fault-Tolerant Engineered to Respond...
This federal contract award is to Redwire Space Inc., doing business as Made In Space, a for-profit small business that specializes in additive manufacturing technologies for space applications. The $124,782.00 award is for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Technology Development Program (TDP) contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract aims to enhance state-of-the-art verification and validation methods for...
This is a $749,594.00 Definitive Contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Redwire Space Inc., doing business as Made In Space, a small business. The contract is for the company's pioneering work using the microgravity environment on the International Space Station (ISS) to advance manufacturing technology and product development. The contract was awarded through the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. Redwire Space has previously...
This federal contract award is for a Delivery Order (TO#7 AMP - TURBINE CERAMIC) issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Johnson Space Center to Redwire Space Inc., doing business as Made In Space, a for-profit organization. The $739,903.00 contract is for research and development services related to advancing in-space manufacturing capabilities, including technologies for additive manufacturing in microgravity, robotic manufacturing systems, and hybrid manufacturing...
This is a $123,687 Phase I STTR contract awarded by the NASA Shared Services Center to Advratech, LLC, a small business, for an empirical optimization framework for additive manufacturing (AM) processes. The project aims to leverage in-situ sensor data and process parameters to construct a "physics-capturing" empirical model that can be used to quantify AM process uncertainty, analyze sensitivities, and optimize each layer of selective laser melting (SLM) builds in real-time. The...
Redwire Space Inc., doing business as Made In Space, was awarded a $124,538.00 Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The contract is for research and development of large baseline structures, 15 meters or greater, for infrared space interferometry missions through autonomous in-space manufacturing and assembly. This enables the deployment of large primary trusses unconstrained by launch...
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...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has awarded a $124,954.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to LER Technologies Inc., a for-profit subchapter S corporation, to conduct a feasibility study on an in-situ inspection unit that can be added to an existing additive manufacturing (AM) tool. The goal is to provide real-time information about part quality and detect flaws during the AM process, enabling immediate feedback and process correction to save...
This is a $799,973 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Additive Manufacturing Innovations LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged, woman-owned small business. The contract is for the development of a "Microstructure-Informed Multiscale Structural Analysis and Design Framework for Next Generation High Performance Material Systems and Structural Components." This builds...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $124,979.00 firm fixed-price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc. The contract is focused on developing a novel 3D printable feedstock material and post-printing process that will enable NASA to 3D print plastic parts with metal-like mechanical properties for use in the space environment. This supports NASA's In-Space Manufacturing program and is compatible with the...