CU AEROSPACE L.L.C. — National Aeronautics and Space Administration SBIR Phase II: Z8
CU AEROSPACE L.L.C. — SBIR Phase II award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Phase II SBIR prototype / development signal
- Phase II is where National Aeronautics and Space Administration funds deeper R&D after feasibility. Incumbents with Phase II history are serious competitors on adjacent topics.
- Use this award as past-performance context and to map customer organizations for STRATFI/TACFI-style transition planning.
- Obligated amount $899,939 is consistent with substantial Phase II-scale effort; compare to related awards from the same agency.
- Tagged technology areas: Space & Satellite. Follow those hubs for open topics and peer winners in the same cluster.
- Topic code Z8 links this award to a solicitation family — search the same topic stem for incumbents and recompete timing.
Summary
CU Aerospace is receiving nearly $900,000 from NASA to develop a quick-turn pulsed plasma thruster for safely deorbiting spacecraft. This helps small businesses create affordable propulsion tech to reduce space debris and meet end-of-life satellite requirements.
- Amount
- $899,939
- Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- Z8
- Solicitation
- SBIR_22_P2
- NAICS
- 541715 · RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)
- Place of performance
- IL
- Period
- 2023-05-22 → 2026-09-30
Technology domains
Description
SBIR PHASE II QUICK TURN PULSED PLASMA THRUSTER (QT-PPT) FOR DEORBITING APPLICATIONS