SBIR/STTR Research Award
Advancement of Rocket Cargo Applications Through Adaptation of Commercial Containers
Award amount
$1,248,856Program and phase
SBIR · Phase II – Direct to Phase IIAward year
2022Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- SPACEWORKS ENTERPRISES INC
- Proposal award date
- 2022-09-29
- Contract end date
- 2024-06-29
- UEI
- F4J9NKV7M7T8
- Solicitation number
- 22.2
- Topic code
- AF222-D005
Research abstract
SpaceWorks proposes the further design, development, and test of its design for a new intermodal container called 'NEXCON'. This container is specifically designed to support envisioned USAF Rocket Cargo Vehicle airdrop missions potentially requiring high-speed, supersonic deployments of high-mass payloads from high altitude conditions. Unique to NEXCON is its ability for cross-compatibility with existing intermodal containers such as the ISU-90 and TEU. This program will culminate in sub-scale prototype fabrication of NEXCON for functionality testing and verification of system requirements.
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
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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