SBIR/STTR Research Award
High Current Electron Source for Multimode Electric Propulsion Systems
Award amount
$1,900,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase II – Direct to Phase IIAward year
2025Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- PLASMA CONTROLS, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2025-05-23
- Contract end date
- 2027-05-26
- UEI
- F4ZMTET4HH56
- Solicitation number
- 24.3
- Topic code
- SF243-D018
Research abstract
Our team aims to develop a cathodic-arc-based high-current electron source capable of driving a high efficiency electric propulsion Hall effect thruster. Our primary goal is to enable multimode chemical and electric propulsion systems that utilize a common propellant tank to achieve performance capabilities commensurate with stand-alone high-performance electric propulsion systems operated on krypton or xenon.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Plasma Environment Simulator for OSAM Operations
- Energy and Velocity Analyzer for Distributions of Electric Rockets
- Iodine Hollow Cathode
- Iodine Hollow Cathode
- Additive Manufacturing of Ion Thruster Optics
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- DARKFORCE - A Fast Orbital Transfer Vehicle for Dynamic Space Operations
- VANGUARD: Vision-based Autonomous Navigation and Guidance for Unparalleled Access, Resilience, and Deployment
- Launch Hardened Deploy and Docking Mechanism for ESPA Class Satellites
- Modular propulsion feed system with integrated refueling and precise flow control, metering and propellant gauging
- Interoperable Modular Power Unit for Lightweight and Scalable Electric Propulsion (IMPULSE) - Sustained Space Maneuver (SSM) - SF243-D018
Research funding history
13 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2008–2025). Reported award amounts total $5,590,175. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Defense, Department of Energy, Department of Health and Human Services, National Science Foundation