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Award ID | Description | Recipient | Total Value | Awarding Agency | Funding Agency | Set Aside | NAICS | PSC | Award Date | Start Date | End Date | |
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| HABITABLE WORLDS OBSERVATORY SYSTEM TECHNOLOGY DEMONSTRATIONS AND MISSION ARCHITECTURE STUDIES | ZECOAT CORPORATION | $1,136,451 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Mar 19, 2026 | Mar 19, 2026 | Mar 18, 2029 | ||
| SBIR PHASE I 80NSSC25C0409 MICROMETEORITE SHIELD WITH TAILORABLE HIGH-PERFORMANCE THERMAL/OPTICAL PROPERTIES FOR SPACECRAFT TELESCOPE BAFFLE | ZECOAT CORPORATION | $149,932 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AJ14GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; R&D ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES | Sep 18, 2025 | Sep 29, 2025 | Mar 27, 2026 | ||
| SBIR PHASE II R&D: RADIATION HARDENED DARK COATING FOR STRAY LIGHT SUPPRESSION IN OPTICAL SYSTEMS | ZECOAT CORPORATION | $1,465,461 | MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA) | MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA) | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AC13NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT | Oct 26, 2023 | Oct 26, 2023 | Feb 28, 2026 | ||
| SBIR/STTR PHASE I RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT: RADIATION HARDENED DARK COATING FOR STRAY LIGHT SUPPRESSION IN OPTICAL SYSTEMS | ZECOAT CORPORATION | $149,935 | MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA) | MISSILE DEFENSE AGENCY (MDA) | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AC13NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT | Jul 21, 2022 | Jul 21, 2022 | Mar 24, 2023 | ||
| MIRROR RECOATING OF ES-MCAT TELESCOPE | ZECOAT CORPORATION | $249,552 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 333314 | J067MAINT/REPAIR/REBUILD OF EQUIPMENT- PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT | Apr 13, 2022 | Apr 13, 2022 | Dec 5, 2022 | ||
| DARK COATINGS WITH TAILORABLE BRDF AND THERMAL-EMISSIVITY FOR LIGHT-BLOCKING STARSHADE MEMBRANES. | ZECOAT CORPORATION | $749,973 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AJ14GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; R&D ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES | Jul 29, 2021 | Jul 29, 2021 | Jan 28, 2024 | ||
| SPECULAR BLACK COATING FOR FLEXIBLE STARSHADE OPTICAL SHEILD | ZECOAT CORPORATION | $124,877 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Aug 30, 2020 | Aug 31, 2020 | Aug 31, 2020 | ||
| PRECISION OPTICAL COATINGS FOR LARGE SPACE TELESCOPE MIRRORS. | ZECOAT CORPORATION | $1,177,210 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AJ13GENERAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY R&D SVCS; GENERAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY; EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT | Aug 6, 2018 | Aug 6, 2018 | Dec 31, 2022 | ||
| METER CLASS AUTONOMOUS TELESCOPE 1.3M OPTICAL MIRROR COATING | ZECOAT CORPORATION | $135,681 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 811219 | J099 | May 8, 2018 | May 8, 2018 | Sep 5, 2018 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF ZECOAT CORPORATION WILL DEVELOP A BATTERY-POWERED, ALUMINUM DEPOSITION PROCESS FOR MAKING BROADBAND REFLECTIVE COATINGS IN SPACE (WAVELENGTH RANGE: 30-NM TO 2500-NM). THE PROCESS USES AN ARRAY OF EVAPORATION FILAMENTS POWERED BY BATTERIES CONTAINED IN PRESSURIZED VESSELS PLACED IN THE VACUUM OF SPACE. THE VACUUM COATING PROCESS IS SCALABLE FOR LARGE MIRRORS SEVERAL METERS IN DIAMETER, BUT IS APPLICABLE TO ANY SIZE MIRROR. BY SIMULTANEOUSLY DISCHARGING BATTERIES THROUGH INDIVIDUAL EVAPORATION FILAMENTS, A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF ENERGY MAY BE RELEASED RAPIDLY. BY PLACING IRIDIUM (OR A MULTI-LAYER INTERFERENCE COATING) ON THE MIRROR INITIALLY (COATED ON EARTH), FOLLOWED BY A FRESH COAT OF ALUMINUM IN SPACE, THE BROADBAND RESPONSE OF THE TELESCOPE COULD BE EXTENDED DOWN TO 30-NM. CURRENT COATING TECHNOLOGIES LIMIT THE REFLECTANCE RESPONSE TO 90-NM BECAUSE OF THE ABSORBING FLUORIDE COATING WHICH PROTECTS THE ALUMINUM FROM OXIDATION ON EARTH. THE ABILITY TO COAT OPTICS IN SPACE OFFERS A TREMENDOUS POTENTIAL BENEFIT TO ASTRONOMY BECAUSE THE 30-NM TO 90-NM REGION IS RICH IN SPECTRAL LINES. SINCE MOLTEN METALS SUCH AS ALUMINUM ARE HELD ONTO A HOT TUNGSTEN FILAMENT BY SURFACE TENSION, THE PROPOSED EVAPORATION PROCESS WILL WORK IN ZERO-GRAVITY. A HIGH ALUMINUM EVAPORATION RATE HAS BEEN SHOWN TO PRODUCE THE LEAST SCATTERING AND MOST HIGHLY REFLECTING ALUMINUM COATINGS, PARTICULARLY IN THE VACUUM UV SPECTRAL REGION. TO ACHIEVE FUTURE WAVEFRONT REQUIREMENTS OVER A LARGE PRIMARY MIRROR, IT IS LIKELY THAT MANY EVAPORATION SOURCES WILL BE REQUIRED. BY PLACING THE POWER SUPPLY (THE BATTERY) VERY NEAR EACH EVAPORATION FILAMENT, ELECTRICAL LOSSES ARE MINIMIZED. IN PHASE I, WE WILL DEMONSTRATE FEASIBILITY USING PROTOTYPE BATTERY-POWERED DEPOSITION (BPD) UNITS PREVIOUSLY MANUFACTURED AT ZECOAT CORPORATION. IN PHASE II, MINIATURIZED BATTERYPOWERED UNIT WILL BE DESIGNED AND MANUFACTURED, AND THE COATING PROCESS WILL BE DEVELOPED AND TESTED IN A SIMULATED SPACE ENVIRONMENT. | ZECOAT CORPORATION | $124,697 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Jun 7, 2017 | Jun 9, 2017 | Dec 8, 2017 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF ZECOAT CORPORATION WILL DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE A SET OF REVOLUTIONARY COATING PROCESSES FOR MAKING BROADBAND REFLECTIVE COATINGS SUITABLE FOR VERY LARGE MIRRORS (4+ METERS). DECADES OF RESEARCH AND FLIGHT MISSIONS (HUBBLE, GALAX AND FUSE) HAVE UTILIZED METAL FLUORIDES SUCH AS, MGF2 AND LIF, APPLIED TO AL TO ACHIEVE FUVOIR COATING REQUIREMENTS. WHILE METAL FLUORIDE-PROTECTED AL REMAINS THE BEST OPTION FOR MEETING BROADBAND REFLECTANCE REQUIREMENTS (90-NM TO 2500-NM), ZECOAT OFFERS A MEANS TO BUILD UPON THE BEST KNOWN AND PROVEN COATING RECIPE (THE GSFC 3-STEP PROCESS) BY: 1) UTILIZING ZECOAT'S UNIQUE PRECISION MOTION-CONTROLLED DEPOSITION SYSTEM TO UNIFORMLY APPLY A 5-NM LAYER (A REQUIREMENT OF THE GSFC RECIPE) OF COATING MATERIAL TO A LARGE COATING AREA, 2) PROTECTING MIRROR ASSEMBLIES FROM DAMAGING HIGH TEMPERATURES BY HEATING ONLY THE MIRROR SURFACE USING RADIANT HEAT (THE GSFC PROCESS REQUIRES A 220C METAL-FLUORIDE DEPOSITION TEMPERATURE), 3) USING AN FUV REFLECTOMETER (120-NM TO 180-NM) INTEGRATED INTO THE COATING CHAMBER TO OPTIMIZE THE COATING PROCESS FOR FUV REFLECTANCE AND 4) INVESTIGATING THE FEASIBILITY OF USING A LAYER OF SN TO PROTECT LIF FROM DEGRADATION DUE TO ATMOSPHERIC MOISTURE AND ORGANIC CONTAMINATION DURING GROUND STORAGE AND RE-EVAPORATE THE SN ONCE THE OBSERVATORY IS PLACED IN-ORBIT. | ZECOAT CORPORATION | $129,370 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Jun 16, 2014 | Jun 20, 2014 | Dec 19, 2014 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF IN THIS PHASE I RESEARCH, ZECOAT CORPORATION DEMONSTRATED A LOW-STRESS SILICON CLADDING PROCESS FOR SURFACE FINISHING LARGE UVOIR MIRRORS. A POLISHABLE CLADDING IS DESIRED FOR SIC OPTICS SO THEY MAY BE FIGURED IN LESS TIME, AND SO THEY MAY BE POLISHED TO LEVELS SUITABLE FOR UVOIR ASTRONOMY. ZECOAT HAS FILED A PROVISIONAL US PATENT APPLICATION FOR THE TECHNOLOGY. THE PROPOSED PROCESS IS DIRECTLY SCALABLE TO SIC MIRRORS SEVERAL METERS IN DIAMETER. THE PROCESS IS BASED ON A NOVEL, LOW TEMPERATURE, ION-ASSISTED, EVAPORATION TECHNIQUE (IAD), WHEREBY THE COATING STRESS OF A SILICON FILM MAY BE MANIPULATED FROM COMPRESSIVE TO TENSILE, IN ORDER TO PRODUCE A NEAR-ZERO NET STRESS FOR THE COMPLETE LAYER. A SI CLADDING WITH LITTLE INTRINSIC STRESS IS ESSENTIAL TO ALLOW THICK COATINGS TO BE MANUFACTURED WITHOUT CRACKING. A LOW STRESS COATING ALSO MINIMIZES SUBSTRATE BENDING THAT WOULD OTHERWISE DISTORT THE FIGURE OF VERY LIGHTWEIGHT MIRRORS. | ZECOAT CORPORATION | $749,902 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Apr 17, 2014 | Apr 17, 2014 | Apr 16, 2016 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF IN THIS PHASE I RESEARCH, ZECOAT CORPORATION WILL DEVELOP AN AFFORDABLE, LOW-STRESS SILICON CLADDING PROCESS WHICH IS SUPER-POLISHABLE FOR LARGE UVOIR MIRRORS. THE PROPOSED ION-ASSISTED EVAPORATION PROCESS IS DIRECTLY SCALEABLE TO SIC MIRRORS SEVERAL METERS IN DIAMETER. THE PROCESS IS BASED ON A NOVEL, LOW TEMPERATURE, ION-ASSISTED, EVAPORATION TECHNIQUE (IAD), WHEREBY THE COATING STRESS OF A SILICON FILM MAY BE MANIPULATED FROM COMPRESSIVE TO TENSILE, IN ORDER TO PRODUCE A NEAR-ZERO NET STRESS FOR THE COMPLETE LAYER. A CLADDING WITH LITTLE INTRINSIC STRESS IS ESSENTIAL TO MINIMIZE BENDING THAT WOULD OTHERWISE DISTORT THE FIGURE OF VERY LIGHTWEIGHT MIRRORS. CURRENT METHODS TO PRODUCE A POLISHABLE SILICON CLADDING UTILIZE CVD PROCESSES THAT PRODUCE HIGHLY STRESSED SI COATINGS. THE CURRENT PROCESSES REQUIRE HIGH-TEMPERATURES (HUNDREDS OF DEGREES CELSIUS) AND ARE NOT READILY SCALEABLE TO LARGE MIRRORS. CVD SI CLADDING IS CURRENTLY LIMITED TO MIRROR SUBSTRATES LESS THAN 1-METER IN DIAMETER. THE PROPOSED IAD PROCESS PRODUCES LITTLE HEAT, AND THE MIRROR SIZE IS LIMITED ONLY BY THE SIZE OF THE VACUUM CHAMBER. LARGE SILICON CARBIDE (SIC) MIRRORS (3-4 METERS IN DIAMETER) ARE BEING CONSIDERED FOR FUTURE SPACEBASED UVOIR ASTRONOMY MISSIONS. THESE LIGHTWEIGHT MIRRORS WILL LIKELY REQUIRE A HIGHLY-POLISHABLE LAYER OF SILICON (10 TO 50 MICRONS) APPLIED ON TOP OF THE SIC. A RELATIVELY THICK LAYER OF SI IS DESIRABLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF REDUCING FIGURING TIME AND FOR ACHIEVING A SUPER-POLISHED SURFACE, SUITABLE FOR UV ASTRONOMY. NORMAL INCIDENCE 4-METER CLASS UVOIR TELESCOPES HAVE BEEN CITED AS A HIGH PRIORITY BY MULTIPLE GOVERNMENT REVIEW PANELS INCLUDING; THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL'S (NRC) STUDY OF NASA'S SPACE TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP AND PRIORITIES, THE OFFICE OF THE CHIEF TECHNOLOGIST, THE COSMIC ORIGINS PROGRAM AND NWNH DECADAL. | ZECOAT CORPORATION | $123,161 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | May 22, 2013 | May 23, 2013 | Nov 23, 2013 |