SBIR/STTR Research Award
An Investigation of In-Space Welding Techniques for Feasibility and Optimality
Award amount
$245,219Program and phase
STTR · Phase IAward year
2022Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Nanoracks, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2022-09-29
- Contract end date
- 2023-03-01
- UEI
- V9HCCUSRE4J6
- Solicitation number
- X21.S
- Topic code
- AF21S-TCSO1
Research abstract
In 2017, Nanoracks and its team was awarded a feasibility study from NextSTEP-2 Appendix A with a focus on repurposing upper stages to be used as orbital platforms. In 2022, Nanoracks will fly the OMD-1 mission with the objective of cutting metal in orbi
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.
- ModPak: Modular Spacecraft with Variable Packout Capability for Flexible On-Orbit Servicing and Remediation
- Investigating Passive Techniques to Mitigate Loss in Fuel Storage in Space Environments
- Using Autonomous Outposts as Data Relays to Support Distributed Spacecraft
- Using Autonomous Outposts as Data Relays to Support Distributed Spacecraft
- ISS U. S. National Laboratory NanoRacks III Facility
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- On-orbit AI-driven Automation for Range Characterization Analysis
- Biomimetic System for Autonomous On-Orbit Capture
- Development of an analysis tool for automatic defect detection during on-orbit additive manufacturing process
- Nautilus Capture Mechanism Configuration: A Study to Compare Tolerances of Electrostatic and Gecko-like Adhesion of Spacecraft Docking System for Long-Duration Space Missions
- REACCH: Adhering Arms Architecture for Unprepared Surface Capture
Research funding history
6 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2011–2022). Reported award amounts total $1,654,115. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration