SBIR/STTR Research Award

Space Facility for Orbital Remote Manufacturing (SPACEFORM)

Award identifier 8cfb0319bde10801c7d462c6c4385af71ede58bf0196ec810bb4e11a7a43e694Awarding agency National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Award amount

$750,000

Program and phase

SBIR · Phase II

Award year

2017

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Award details

Awarding agency
National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Branch
Not reported
Recipient company
FOMS INC.
Proposal award date
2017-08-07
Contract end date
2019-08-06
UEI
NDPVZ77NXL21
Solicitation number
Not reported
Topic code
H14.01

Research abstract

The sustainable orbital manufacturing with commercially viable and profitable operation has tremendous potential for driving the space exploration industry and human expansion into outer space. This highly challenging task has never been accomplished before. The current relatively high delivery cost of materials represents the business challenge of value proposition for making products on orbit. FOMS Inc. team identified an opportunity of revolutionary optical fiber manufacturing in space that can lead to the first commercial production on orbit. To address NASA mission of expansion humanity across solar system while providing continued cost-effective ISS operations FOMS Inc. proposes to develop Space Facility for Orbital Remote Manufacturing (SpaceFORM) with strong commercial potential for manufacturing operations on board the ISS.

Technology keywords

Not reported

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Research funding history

4 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2015–2017). Reported award amounts total $1,102,796. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.

Phases: Phase I, Phase II

Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration

Agency intelligence

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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