Volcano Platforms Inc.

Volcano Platforms Inc., a small business based in Palo Alto, California, provides computational fluid dynamics and large eddy simulation modeling services to NASA as a prime contractor under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, with all six recent awards issued by the NASA Shared Services Center under total small business set-asides or full-and-open competition.

Volcano Platforms' entire federal footprint consists of aeronautics research and development work for NASA's Shared Services Center, accounting for 100% of awards and $1.5 million in combined potential value. The vendor's capability portfolio centers on large eddy simulation methods for aerospace noise prediction — specifically fan, open rotor, and airframe noise modeling — and wall-modeled large eddy simulations of transport aircraft configurations in wind-tunnel environments. Recent representative work includes a $841,337 Phase II SBIR contract awarded July 3, 2025, for predictive low-cost large eddy simulation capability for fan and open rotor noise (ultimate completion February 5, 2027); a $223,292 Phase I SBIR definitive contract awarded September 30, 2026, for cost-effective large eddy simulation capability for turbofan core noise (completing March 30, 2027); a $149,920 Phase I SBIR contract awarded August 7, 2024, for predictive low-cost large eddy simulation for fan and open rotor noise (completed February 6, 2025); and a $149,762.72 cooperative agreement awarded September 15, 2024, for wall-modeled large eddy simulations of the Common Research Model with High Lift configuration in NASA's National Transonic Facility wind tunnel (completing July 1, 2026). The vendor competes under total small business set-asides on SBIR work and full-and-open sole-source or single-source awards on cooperative research.

Activity spans three years, with three awards in 2024, two in 2025, and one in 2026. Three awards, carrying combined potential value of $1.1 million, reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months and therefore face recompete in that window. The vendor operates exclusively as a prime and has no subcontract footprint or federal grant recipients on the source. Work is performed entirely at the contractor's Palo Alto, California facility.