SBIR/STTR Research Award
Expanding the Capabilities of the FuseBlox Connector System
Award amount
$149,296Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2023Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- SPACEWORKS ENTERPRISES INC
- Proposal award date
- 2022-12-14
- Contract end date
- 2023-09-21
- UEI
- F4J9NKV7M7T8
- Solicitation number
- 22.2
- Topic code
- SF222-0011
Research abstract
The FuseBlox™ connector system is an all-in-one spacecraft docking and connection device with significant ground development heritage. The primary focus of this Phase I effort is the design of a modified mechanical interface to support launch payloads in a docked configuration. Secondary design efforts are aimed at cost reduction and the addition of a fluid transfer interface. A simplified prototype will be built to demonstrate and test key features resulting from the design effort.
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.
- FuseBlox System for Robotically-Assisted Cryogenic Applications
- Advancing Scramjet Technologies for Interceptors
- Development of Constrained Robotic Truss System for On-Orbit Antenna Assembly
- FuseBlox System for Robotically-Assisted Cryogenic Applications
- 6-Degree-of-Freedom Multi-Fidelity Closed-Loop Trajectory Tool
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Launch Hardened Universal Payload Interface for Modular Components and Architectures
- Launch Hardened Cup-Cone Docking Mechanism
- Docking Anchoring and Towing Universal Match-plate (DATUM) for DoD Spacecraft
Research funding history
33 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2005–2025). Reported award amounts total $22,311,452. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration