Training Grant 80NSSC20K1688

This is a $124,889 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by NASA to Applied Particle Technology, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Phase I program. The contract is for the development of an in-situ optical instrument to monitor the size distribution and composition of lunar dust, which is important for lunar dust management. NASA's Shared Services Center issued the award on August 31, 2020, with a completion date of June 1, 2021. This...

This federal contract, awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center, tasks Aerosol Dynamics Inc., a small research and development company, with developing a compact instrument to monitor the concentration and size of airborne particles in microgravity environments aboard spacecraft. The $1,249,445.00 Firm Fixed Price contract, designated as a total small business set-aside, is funded under NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II program. The instrument will utilize a...

This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Applied Particle Technology, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, for the development of an aerosol instrument with particle speciation capability for use on the International Space Station (ISS). The $124,980.44 contract, which has no set-aside designation, supports NASA's requirement for an aerosol monitoring instrument that can measure particle size distribution and composition in...

Stratton Park Engineering Co., Inc. (SPEC) was awarded a $1.31M research grant by NASA's Shared Services Center on September 30, 2022, to develop and deploy in situ microphysics measurement instruments in support of the ARCSIX (Arctic Radiance in-situ Colorimetry for Investigating Shortwave Cloud Forcing) project. The work, to be completed by September 29, 2028, focuses on equipping NASA's P-3B research aircraft with state-of-the-art cloud particle measurement probes to collect critical data...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of optical sensing and instrumentation technologies. The contract, with a potential value of $124,971, supports the development of a compact humidity monitor to detect low parts-per-million by volume (ppmv) of water in oxygen and methane gases. This capability is critical for in-situ resource utilization...

This contract was awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian agency, to Aerodyne Research Inc., a small business manufacturer of advanced scientific instruments. The $749,999 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract is for the development of a highly sensitive and compact RGB DPAS aerosol absorption monitor for NASA's airborne measurement program. The monitor will measure aerosol light absorption at three spectral regions: blue, green and red. The proposed system...

This is a $149,993 firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center to Aerosol Dynamics Inc., a small R&D company, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I program. The contract is for the development of a particulate air quality monitor for manned lunar explorations, which supports NASA's exploration initiatives. Aerosol Dynamics has previously provided specialized equipment such as particle counters and...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (STTR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Intelligent Optical Systems, Inc., a manufacturer of optical sensing and instrumentation technologies based in Torrance, California. The contract, valued at $754,966.00, is for the development of a novel luminescence-based optical sensor system to monitor carbon dioxide, oxygen, and humidity in NASA's advanced Extravehicular Mobility Unit (EMU) space...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has awarded The Johns Hopkins University a $650,000 grant contract to support research relating to the unique mechanical and electrostatic properties of lunar dust. The research will be conducted over a four-year period ending January 2025 in Baltimore, Maryland. Lunar dust consists of rock pulverized by frequent micrometeoroid impacts and the resulting dust particles are known to be sharp and jagged with irregular shapes. This contract is...

This is a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the Shared Services Center of a civilian U.S. government agency to Aerodyne Microsystems Inc. (AMI), a small disadvantaged business, for $125,000.00. The contract is for AMI to investigate the feasibility of a miniaturized, low-power, and inexpensive sensor to provide real-time measurements of particulate matter (PM) in spacecraft cabins such as the International Space Station (ISS). The proposed sensor system...