Purchase Order NNX17CM47P
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- This federal contract award was made by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Princeton Satellite Systems Inc., doing business as Princeton Fusion Systems, a small aerospace research and development company. The $749,981 Firm Fixed Price STTR Phase II contract is focused on the superconducting coils subsystem, a critical component for Princeton Fusion Systems' PFRC reactor, direct fusion drive, and other fusion and electric propulsion technologies....
- This federal contract award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I award to Princeton Satellite Systems Inc., doing business as Princeton Fusion Systems. The $124,973 contract focuses on the design of a superconducting coils subsystem for nuclear fusion rocket engines and other fusion and electric propulsion technologies. The goal is to develop space coils using high-temperature superconductors...
- The U.S. Department of Defense, Office of the Secretary of Defense, has awarded a $248,055.10 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Princeton Satellite Systems Inc., doing business as Princeton Fusion Systems. The contract is for research and development related to a Brayton cycle heat engine for satellite power. Princeton Fusion Systems is a small aerospace research and development company that specializes in guidance, navigation and control systems for spacecraft, as...
- This federal contract award, valued at $79,529.25, was granted by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Princeton Satellite Systems, Inc., a small aerospace research and development company, to analyze the feasibility of a Fusion-Enabled Pluto Orbiter and Lander mission. The contract, which is not associated with a set-aside program, aims to develop improved models for the Direct Fusion Drive (DFD) concept, a game-changing propulsion and power technology based on the...
- This is a $125,000 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Applied Material Systems Engineering, Inc. (AMS Engineering), a minority-owned and self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract is focused on developing novel approaches for wireless energy transmission technology to increase power availability for NASA's spacecraft, satellites, habitats, and other observation...
- This is a $124,902 firm fixed price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to CFD Research Corporation, a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for the development and testing of gallium nitride (GaN) high electron mobility transistors (HEMTs) with high voltage and radiation tolerance capabilities for NASA's power management and distribution (PMAD) systems, including applications...
- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by NASA to Quinstar Technology, Inc., a minority-owned small business, to develop a high-efficiency, solid-state power amplifier (SSPA) operating at Ka-band frequencies for high data rate, long-range space communications. The proposed 20 W amplifier with 60% power-added efficiency (PAE) is designed to utilize gallium nitride (GaN) on silicon carbide (SiC) device technology and a switching mode of operation (Class-F) to...
- 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...
- This is a $131,500.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Amplified Space, Inc., a small business contractor, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract is for the development of a "SOFTWARE-DEFINED POWER CONTROLLER: ENABLING ADJUSTABILITY OF SPACECRAFT POWER SYSTEMS DURING AIT AND ON-.ORBIT OPERATIONS." The contract has a completion date of January 24, 2022. This award supports NASA's...
- This $749,929 Firm Fixed Price contract was awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Quinstar Technology, Inc., a minority-owned small business, under the SBIR program. The contract is for the development of a family of high-power, compact, reliable, and affordable solid-state power amplifiers operating in the W-band (94 GHz) frequency range. These amplifiers are critical for NASA missions and other remote sensing and environmental measurement applications. The initial...
This is a Small Business Set-Aside contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Princeton Satellite Systems Inc., doing business as Princeton Fusion Systems. The $124,869 firm fixed-price Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract is for the research and development of a novel, highly efficient solid-state radio-frequency (RF) amplifier using silicon carbide transistors to heat plasma for a high-power nuclear fusion propulsion system. The amplifier is designed to be scalable and achieve 100% efficiency, compared to 40% for linear amplifiers. The system also includes a closed-loop feedback control system. This contract is part of NASA's program to develop high-efficiency RF heating systems for small nuclear fusion rocket engines.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| 1 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 6/7/18 | |
| Not listed | Not listed | $124.9k | 6/1/17 |