SBIR/STTR Research Award
Flare Propulsion Qualification Testing for Enhanced Dynamic Space Operations
Award amount
$1,249,177Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2024Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- PORTAL SPACE SYSTEMS INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2024-08-21
- Contract end date
- 2026-01-21
- UEI
- FAFTW73TEKL6
- Solicitation number
- X23.7
- Topic code
- AFX237-PCSO1
Research abstract
The intention of this proposal is to advance the technology readiness of Portal's highly mobile space vehicle, named Supernova. This proposal will involve the development and testing of the first Supernova spacecraft for defense customers. Specifically the proposal's efforts involve research, development, and testing to mature key propulsion systems of the Supernova spacecraft which will be used towards a flight demonstration of the space vehicle.
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.
- Scaled Supernova Spacecraft
- Solar Concentrator Development and Validation Testing for Advanced Spacecraft Maneuverability
- Highly Mobile Space Vehicle for Space Domain Awareness
- Supernova Solar Energy Collection and Storage (SECS)
- High Delta-V Space Vehicle for Persistent Orbital Tracking and Rapidly Responsive Space Operations
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Penetration X-ray Inspection of Spacecraft
- AI Enhanced Battle Damage Assessment and Ballistic Prediction for Medium Range UAS
- ThinkOrbital TACFI
- Accurate Drone Localization Using Lighthouse's Innovative Computer Vision-Based Airspace Management System and Integrated RF Sniffing
- QuickSAT/SHERLOCK, An AI Architecture For In Situ Vehicle Monitoring, Vehicle Health Management and Fault Detection
Research funding history
8 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2023–2025). Reported award amounts total $50,660,075. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense