Purchase Order SP470125P0027

This is a $109,980 firm fixed-price contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Big Metal Additive LLC, a small disadvantaged business, for research on the fracture and fatigue properties of 2XXX and 7XXX aluminum alloys produced using wire arc-directed energy deposition. The contract is a Phase I Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) award with a completion date of March 14, 2024. Big Metal Additive is a manufacturer specializing in large-scale metal hybrid additive...

This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Big Metal Additive LLC, a small disadvantaged business, for a STTR Phase II research and development project titled "Mission Optimized Service Spacecraft". The $1,699,214 contract, which has a completion date of May 17, 2024, will involve developing advanced additive manufacturing techniques for the production of large-scale metal spacecraft components. Big Metal Additive has prior...

This is a $754,962 Firm Fixed Price STTR Phase II contract awarded by the Shared Services Center of NASA to Mound Laser & Photonics Center, Inc. (MLPC), a small business. The contract is for in-process monitoring of additive manufacturing (AM) processes, building on prior Phase I work. Under this Phase II effort, MLPC and collaborators at Wright State University (WSU) and the Air Force Institute of Technology (AFIT) will develop a low-cost sensor system to track key quality-indicative...

This is a $999,996 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II award issued by the Defense Logistics Agency to Luna Innovations Incorporated, a leading provider of advanced fiber optic sensing systems. The contract is for the development of a "smart baseplate" system with embedded fiber optic sensors to monitor and detect defects during metal additive manufacturing processes. Key subcontractors include Fabrisonic, LLC, which will fabricate test articles and samples,...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $74,999 Firm Fixed Price purchase order to Additive Monitoring, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the development of a closed loop adaptive laser pathing system for additive manufacturing. This STTR Phase I research contract, which has a total small business set-aside, aims to provide in-situ monitoring and real-time defect detection capabilities to improve quality control and certification of additively...

This is a $149,774 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to the small disadvantaged business Big Metal Additive LLC. The contract is for the delivery of an "Optimized Additive Manufactured Aircraft Structure" under the STTR Phase I research program. The contract has a total small business set-aside. Big Metal Additive LLC is a small business that specializes in metal additive manufacturing, including...

This federal contract award to Big Metal Additive LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, is for the development of optimized additive manufactured aircraft structures. The $749,973.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), a defense agency, under the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II program. The contract has a performance period through February 16, 2024. Big Metal Additive specializes in large-scale metal...

This is a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract awarded by the Army's Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to VRC Metal Systems, LLC, a veteran-owned small business specializing in cold spray technology and additive manufacturing. The $149,999.97 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of solid state additive manufacturing processes for titanium alloys. As a subcontractor, the South Dakota School of Mines and Technology will support the project...

This $1,262,869.00 federal contract award was made by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Applied Optimization, Inc., a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business, under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) program. The contract aims to develop "machine independent, feature-specific parameters for laser powder bed fusion additive manufacturing" to enable the Department of Defense (DoD) to produce high-quality, as-built material for complex geometry structural...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $48,574 firm-fixed-price Purchase Order contract to Additive Monitoring, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Chicago, Illinois. The contract is for the development of an in-situ monitoring system to support quality control in additive manufacturing processes. This Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract has a completion date of December 10, 2021 and was set aside for small businesses. Additive...