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  • NASA Seeks Proposals for Small Business Innovation Research and Tech Transfer Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Seeks Proposals for Small Business Innovation Research and Tech Transfer Program

    NASA seeks new technologies from small businesses and research institutions that can be transitioned to support the space agency’s mission programs and other commercial applications. The space agency said Friday interested parties can submit responses for the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Phase I solicitation through March 9. Phase I awards for […] More

  • NASA Tests Equipment for Laser Communications Relay Demo Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Tests Equipment for Laser Communications Relay Demo Mission

    NASA has begun to integrate and test equipment for a mission that will transition operations from the use of radio to laser communications at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. The space agency said Saturday the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration mission aims to boost the connection between astronauts and spacecraft at 10 to 100 times […] More

  • NASA Unveils Space Tech Partnership Opportunities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Unveils Space Tech Partnership Opportunities

    NASA looks to enter public-private partnerships with U.S. companies in a push to address technology and capability requirements for government and commercial space missions. The space agency said Tuesday its space technology mission directorate will provide funds for the “Utilizing Public-Private Partnerships to Advance Tipping Point Technologies” initiative that seeks to address the directorate’s strategic thrust […] More

  • NASA Picks 2 Teams of Agency Technologists, External Partners for Space Tech R&D - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Picks 2 Teams of Agency Technologists, External Partners for Space Tech R&D

    NASA has chosen two groups composed of agency technologists and their external partners to conduct research projects and receive grants worth up to $2.5 million over two years. The selected teams will participate in NASA’s Early Career Initiative program that offers technologists an opportunity to gain hands-on experience developing systems that can support future space […] More

  • NASA Partners With 10 Firms to Advance Commercial Tech for Space Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Partners With 10 Firms to Advance Commercial Tech for Space Missions

    NASA has entered collaborative partnerships with 10 private companies in a move to further space technologies built to grow the commercial space sector and support future space agency missions. The space agency said Friday its space technology mission directorate forged the alliances via the Announcement of Collaborative Opportunity solicitation that paves the way for space act agreements between […] More

  • Small Businesses, Research Organizations Receive NASA Grants for Space Technology R&D - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Small Businesses, Research Organizations Receive NASA Grants for Space Technology R&D

    NASA has chosen 19 research proposals from small businesses and research institutions to receive a total of $14.3 million in funds. The space agency said Tuesday it issued the awards as part of the Small Business Technology Transfer program that aims to encourage small businesses and research institutions to enter cooperative research and development partnerships. The chosen STTR […] More

  • NASA Solicits Tech Proposals From Academia to Support Human Exploration Plans - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Solicits Tech Proposals From Academia to Support Human Exploration Plans

    NASA‘s space technology mission directorate seeks early-stage technology proposals from academic institutions that can support the agency’s human exploration and solar system research goals in the long term. The space agency said Wednesday the Early Stage Innovations program will fund research projects in specific areas of interest to the country’s space program including advanced coating technology, cross-cutting […] More

  • NASA Seeks Feedback on SBIR/STTR Solicitations and Ideas for Future R&D Program Subtopics - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Seeks Feedback on SBIR/STTR Solicitations and Ideas for Future R&D Program Subtopics

    NASA has issued a request for information to solicit input on current solicitations and potential future subtopics of an agency program that offers federal research and development funding opportunities for small businesses. The space agency said Tuesday it will gather and use feedback from the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer program RFI to create strategies that will help […] More

  • Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems Awarded NASA CubeSat Development Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems Awarded NASA CubeSat Development Contract

    Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems has been awarded a contract to build a series of miniaturized satellites to support missions under NASA‘s Pathfinder Technology Demonstrator program. NASA said Wednesday its Small Spacecraft Technology Program will use CubeSats from the company with government-furnished technology payloads to conduct multiple flight demonstrations. Tyvak will develop a six-unit CubeSat equipped with solar arrays designed to supply at least […] More

  • Five University Teams to Submit In-Space Spacecraft Assembly Concepts Under NASA Challenge - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Five University Teams to Submit In-Space Spacecraft Assembly Concepts Under NASA Challenge

    Five university teams will submit concepts for in-space spacecraft assembly as part of a challenge sponsored by the Game-Changing Development Program of NASA‘s space technology mission directorate. NASA said Dec. 16 one team each from Tulane University and University of Colorado Boulder, two from University of Maryland and one combined team from Georgia Institute of Technology, University of […] More

  • NASA, Orbital ATK Enter Partnership to Build Commercial Space Robotic Assembly Infrastructure - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Orbital ATK Enter Partnership to Build Commercial Space Robotic Assembly Infrastructure

    NASA‘s Space Technology Mission Directorate has forged a public-private partnership with Orbital ATK to address the agency’s robotic and human exploration goals through the establishment of a commercial space infrastructure. Orbital ATK said Tuesday the Commercial Infrastructure for Robotic Assembly and Services project aims to update technologies for in-orbit manufacturing and assembly of space platforms. The company will […] More

  • NASA Seeks 3D-Printed Space Explorer Habitat Technologies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Seeks 3D-Printed Space Explorer Habitat Technologies

    NASA wants technology ideas from citizen inventors that can help create 3D-printed shelters for space explorers as part of the second phase of a $1.1 million challenge. The agency said Friday it started the 3D-Printed Habitat Challenge to search for material technologies that could help print shelters from a combination of readily-available and recyclable materials. “Shelter is an obvious necessity as we prepare to explore […] More