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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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| 873 AUTHORITY | FREE FORM FIBERS L.L.C. | $1,199,346 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AC12NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; APPLIED RESEARCH | Sep 20, 2023 | Sep 20, 2023 | Dec 4, 2025 | ||
| MULTIFUNCTIONAL STRUCTURES FOR EXTREME ENVIRONMENTS MADE BY LASER CVD | FREE FORM FIBERS L.L.C. | $1,248,165 | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | DEPT OF THE AIR FORCE | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AC12NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; APPLIED RESEARCH | Jul 27, 2023 | Jul 27, 2023 | Jan 10, 2025 | ||
| RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT | FREE FORM FIBERS L.L.C. | $1,699,997 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AC12NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; APPLIED RESEARCH | Jun 20, 2023 | Jun 20, 2023 | Jun 25, 2026 | ||
| SBIR PHASE I. | FREE FORM FIBERS L.L.C. | $246,500 | DEPT OF THE NAVY | DEPT OF THE NAVY | — | 541715Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) | AC11NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; BASIC RESEARCH | Sep 7, 2021 | Sep 7, 2021 | Nov 21, 2022 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF SIC FIBERS PRODUCED VIA LCVD | FREE FORM FIBERS L.L.C. | $4,900 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 327999All Other Miscellaneous Nonmetallic Mineral Product Manufacturing | 9450NONMETALLIC SCRAP, EXCEPT TEXTILE | Jun 14, 2017 | Jun 14, 2017 | May 29, 2018 | ||
| IGF::OT::IGF - SBIR PHASE III - INVESTIGATION OF LASER INDUCED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION MONOCRYSTALLINE GROWTH OF 4H-SILICON CARBIDE ALONG THE<0001>AXIS - THE COMMERCIAL INTRODUCTION OF SILICON CARBIDE (SIC) POWER ELECTRONICS IS ALREADY STARTING TO ENABLE POWER SYSTEMS THAT ARE SIGNIFICANTLY MORE EFFICIENT, LIGHTER, AND SMALLER THAN MOST OF TODAY S POWER SYSTEMS BASED ON SILICON (SI) ELECTRONICS. HOWEVER, THE ENERGY-SAVING PERFORMANCE AND RELIABILITY OF SIC POWER DEVICES ARE SIGNIFICANTLY DEGRADED, AND DEVICE COST SIGNIFICANTLY INCREASED, BECAUSE OF A HIGH DENSITY OF DISLOCATION DEFECTS IN MASS-PRODUCED SIC SEMICONDUCTOR CRYSTALS. NASA GLENN HAS PATENTED (US PAT. 7,449,065) A TOTALLY NEW, YET EXPERIMENTALLY UNPROVEN, LARGE TAPERED CRYSTAL (LTC) CONCEPT FOR ELIMINATING THESE LIMITING DEFECTS WITH THE GOAL OF ENABLING LARGER ENERGY SAVINGS IN POWER APPLICATIONS RANGING FROM POWER GRID, ELECTRIC MOTORS&VEHICLES DOWN TO COMPUTERS AND MOBILE DEVICE CHARGERS. THE ESTIMATED BENEFIT TO NASA IS APPROXIMATELY 2-FOLD SMALLER, LIGHTER, AND MORE-EFFICIENT POWER ELECTRONICS FOR SPACECRAFT AND AIRCRAFT. PRIOR TO UNDERTAKING FULL-SCALE DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENT, AN INITIAL STEP TO EXPERIMENTALLY PROVE THE FEASIBILITY OF THE LTC CONCEPT IS DEMONSTRATING THE WORLD S FIRST GROWTH OF SIGNIFICANTLY LONG (MM TO CM LENGTH DIMENSION) HIGH-QUALITY SIC SINGLE-CRYSTAL FIBERS. THE SBIR PHASE III WITH FREE FORM FIBERS, INC (SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY) WAS INITIATED TO EXPERIMENTALLY PROVE (AS CLAIMED IN THE NASA CONCEPT PATENT) THAT LONG SINGLE-CRYSTAL FIBERS OF SIC CAN BE GROWN USING LASER-ASSISTED CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION (LASER-CVD). THE LASER PATTERNING OF THE SIC GROWTH IS NEEDED FOR FIBER FORMATION BECAUSE SIC S NATURAL (I.E., UN-PATTERNED CRYSTALLOGRAPHIC-DRIVEN) GROWTH SHAPE IS ESSENTIALLY THE OPPOSITE THAT OF THE LONG CYLINDRICAL FIBER SHAPE THAT IS DESIRED FOR LTC IMPLEMENTATION. THIS PHASE III JOINT DEVELOPMENT ADVANTAGEOUSLY LEVERAGES FREE FORM S EXPERIENCE IN LASER-CVD GROWTH OF MATERIALS OTHER THAN SIC WITH NASA GLENN S PIONEERING WORLD-RENOWNED EXPERTISE IN SIC CRYSTAL GROWTH. NASA GLENN IS PROVIDING SPECIALLY PREPARED MICRO-PATTERNED SIC CRYSTALS, WHICH ARE USED AS THE SEEDING POINTS FOR LASER-CVD GROWTH INITIATION AT FREE FORM. EXPERIMENTS AIMED AT FIBER GROWTH INITIATION ON THESE SEEDS ARE IN PRESENTLY IN PROGRESS AT FREE FORM. | FREE FORM FIBERS L.L.C. | $99,997 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AJ12GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY R&D SERVICES; GENERAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; APPLIED RESEARCH | Jun 7, 2012 | Jun 7, 2012 | Jun 30, 2013 | ||
| THIS SBIR PHASE I PROJECT WILL DEMONSTRATE MONOLAYER AND DUAL LAYER COATING OF SIC FIBER BY LEVERAGING LASER CHEMICAL VAPOR DEPOSITION TECHNIQUES DEVELOPED BY FREE FORM FIBERS FOR DIRECT FIBER PRODUCTION. CERAMIC FIBERS, PARTICULARLY SIC, MUST BE COATED IN ORDER TO PROTECT THE FIBERS FROM OXIDIZING ENVIRONMENTS, AND TO ALLOW THEIR USE IN SIC CMC'S. FFF'S LCVD TECHNIQUES CAN BE MODIFIED FOR FAST, HIGH PURITY COATING. THE PHASE I EFFORT INCLUDES CREATING A CUSTOM REACTOR THAT LEVERAGES FFF'S EXISTING GAS PRECURSOR DELIVERY INFRASTRUCTURE, AND PASSING EXISTING MONOFILAMENT SIC FIBER THROUGH THE REACTOR TO COAT WITH BN IN REAL TIME. REVERSING DIRECTION AND COATING THE COATED FIBER WITH SIC WILL BE DONE FOR DUAL LAYER COATING. PHASE II WOULD SCALE THE PROCESS TO SERIALLY DUALCOAT A UNIDIRECTIONAL MOVING PARALLEL ARRAY OF HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF MOVING FIBERS. IF SUCCESSFUL, INDUSTRY WOULD FINALLY HAVE A RELIABLE IN-LINE APPROACH TO FIBER COATING PRIOR TO TOW PRODUCTION, BECAUSE SPREADING AND COATING ALREADY-SIZED TOWS IS NEARLY IMPOSSIBLE. BASED ON PRIOR COATING EXPERIENCE AND OTHER RELATED PROPOSALS, PHASE I WORK WOULD TAKE US FROM TRL3 TO TRL4. PHASE II COULD TAKE US TO TRL4 OR TRL5, EITHER ON A FFF OR OTHER COMMERCIAL FIBER PRODUCTION FACILITY. | FREE FORM FIBERS L.L.C. | $100,000 | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION | — | 541712 | AR11SPACE R&D SERVICES; SPACE FLIGHT, RESEARCH AND SUPPORTING ACTIVITIES; BASIC RESEARCH | Feb 18, 2011 | Feb 18, 2011 | Sep 29, 2011 | ||
| 6 MOS. SBIR PHASE 1, TOPIC # A10-062 | FREE FORM FIBERS L.L.C. | $119,988 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | DEPT OF THE ARMY | — | 541712 | AD95 | Jan 7, 2011 | Jan 7, 2011 | Jul 11, 2011 | ||
| EXPLORATION OF NEXT GENERATION CERAMIC | FREE FORM FIBERS L.L.C. | $599,941 | DEPT OF THE ARMY | DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (DARPA) | — | 541712 | AZ11 | Jul 2, 2010 | Jul 2, 2010 | Jul 31, 2012 |