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Awards for “PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC.”
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| Award ID | Recipient | Awarding agency | Amount | Start | End | NAICS | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| N6833522C0095 | PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. | Department of Defense | $139.9K | 2021-10-20 | 2022-04-20 | 541715 | N212-133 |
| N6833522C0025 | PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. | Department of Defense | $139.9K | 2021-10-20 | 2022-04-20 | 541715 | SBIR PHASE I. |
| N6833522C0277 | PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. | Department of Defense | $139.89K | 2022-06-06 | 2022-12-06 | 541715 | SBIR PHI |
| N0002424CS122 | PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. | Department of Defense | $139.89K | 2024-08-19 | 2025-02-19 | 541713 | KICKOFF BRIEFING |
| FA930025P6008 | PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. | Department of Defense | $139.86K | 2025-08-28 | 2026-05-28 | 541715 | BINDERS FOR ENERGETICS ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF ROCKETS |
| N6833523C0389 | PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. | Department of Defense | $139.85K | 2023-07-17 | 2024-01-16 | 541715 | STTR PHASE I |
| N6833524C0414 | PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. | Department of Defense | $139.81K | 2024-07-15 | 2025-01-15 | 541715 | KICK-OFF BRIEFING MATERIALS & FWA CERT. |
| HHSF223201210321A | PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. | Department of Health and Human Services | $139.35K | 2012-08-22 | 2015-04-02 | 334516 | OTHER FUNCTIONS- WATER VAPOR MASS FLOW MONITOR. |
| HHSN268201400066C | PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. | Department of Health and Human Services | $137.5K | 2014-08-26 | 2015-08-25 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF - PHYSICAL SCIENCES, INC., MRI MYOCARDIAL NEEDLE INJECTION CATHETER, FY14, $149,997.00 |
| FA480121P0060 | PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. | Department of Defense | $137.4K | 2021-07-29 | 2021-11-25 | 336411 | INSTANT EYE MK3-GEN4&5-D1/D2 FOR SUAS PROGRAM |
| 80NSSC21C0113 | PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $131.5K | 2021-05-19 | 2022-02-18 | 541715 | STRUCTURAL PRINTING OF SOLAR MELTED REGOLITH |
| HQ086021C7050 | PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. | Department of Defense | $129.95K | 2021-04-29 | 2021-12-23 | 541715 | SBIR/STTR PHASE I RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT- STEALTH SOLID ROCKET PROPELLANT |
| 80NSSC19C0602 | PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $125K | 2019-08-19 | 2020-02-18 | 541715 | THIS PROPOSAL ADDRESSES ONE OF THE PRIMARY OUTSTANDING CHALLENGES IN USING CMC NOZZLE EXTENSIONS FOR FLIGHT APPLICATIONS: SEALING THE INTERFACE BETWEEN METAL THRUST CHAMBER AND CMC NOZZLE EXTENSION. |
| N6833518C0464 | PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. | Department of Defense | $125K | 2018-06-04 | 2018-12-04 | 541715 | PROGRESS REPORT |
| HQ014714C7856 | PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. | Department of Defense | $124.99K | 2013-12-23 | 2014-07-19 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF PH I RESEARCH&DEVELOPMENT TITLE: PHYSICS BASED ALGORITHMS FOR MITIGATION OF IMPACT FLASH AND OTHER EO SIGNATURES IN A RAID ENVIRONMENT |
| NNX15CC42P | PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $124.99K | 2015-06-17 | 2015-12-17 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. (PSI) PROPOSES TO DEVELOP AN ADVANCED OCULAR IMAGING PLATFORM FOR COMPREHENSIVE EXAMINATION OF THE EYE POSTERIOR SEGMENT (RETINA/CHOROID) BASED ON NON-INVASIVE MULTIMODAL OPTICAL IMAGING TECHNIQUES INCLUDING OPTICAL COHERENCE TOMOGRAPHY (OCT) AND PSI'S PROPRIETARY CONFOCAL LINE-SCANNING OPHTHALMOSCOPY (LSO). SOFTWARE CONTROL OF SCAN PATTERNS AND DATA PROCESSING AND DISPLAY/SEGMENTATION ALGORITHMS WILL ACCOMMODATE A VARIETY OF NOVEL APPROACHES WITHIN A SINGLE OPTICAL PLATFORM, AND ENHANCE DIAGNOSTIC CAPABILITIES TO STANDARD OCT AND LSO-BASED TECHNIQUES. IN ADDITION TO STRUCTURAL INFORMATION SUCH AS RETINA AND CHOROID THICKNESS MAPS AND VOLUME, QUANTITATIVE AND SCALABLE TOOLS FOR WIDE DYNAMIC RANGE BLOOD FLOW METRICS WILL BE DESIGNED IN PHASE I AND DEMONSTRATED IN HUMAN VOLUNTEERS AND ANIMAL MODELS IN PHASE II. EXAMINING THE RETINA AND THE CHOROID FROM A BULK PERSPECTIVE COULD PROVIDE IMPORTANT INSIGHTS FOR ELUCIDATING SHORT AND LONG TERM EFFECTS OF MICROGRAVITY AND FLUID SHIFTS SPECIFIC TO LONG DURATION SPACE FLIGHTS. DEGENERATIVE DISEASES OF THE EYE OFTEN HAVE EITHER HEMODYNAMIC CONSEQUENCES OR CAUSES, THOUGH MANY MECHANISMS REMAIN UNKNOWN. MICROGRAVITY-INDUCED OCULAR FUNCTIONAL AND STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCED BY SEVERAL ASTRONAUTS INVOLVED IN LONG-DURATION SPACE TRAVELS. CONSEQUENTLY, THERE IS A CLEAR NEED FOR ADVANCED IMAGING MODALITIES TO MONITOR THESE EFFECTS. IMPROVED BLOOD FLOW IMAGING DIAGNOSTICS WILL AID THE DETECTION AND MANAGEMENT OF MANY EYE CONDITIONS, AND FOSTER RESEARCH ON RETINAL FUNCTION. THE TEAM ASSEMBLED AT PSI FOR THE PROPOSED RESEARCH HAS EXTENSIVE EXPERIENCE IN DEVELOPING OPHTHALMIC INSTRUMENTATION BASED ON OCT AND LINE-SCANNING TECHNIQUES. OUR SKILLS COVER ALL ASPECTS OF OCT IMAGING, IMAGE SEGMENTATION, LAYER THICKNESS MAPS, VISUALIZATION OF RETINAL AND CHOROIDAL VASCULATURE, DOPPLER OCT, LARGE-AREA LINE-SCANNING RETINAL IMAGING AND DOPPLER FLOWMETRY. |
| NNX14CP39P | PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $124.99K | 2014-06-20 | 2014-12-19 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF VIRTUALLY ALL OPTICAL INFORMATION GATHERING INSTRUMENTS BENEFIT FROM GREATER APERTURE. FOR SPACE-BASED INSTRUMENTS WHOSE GEOMETRIES ARE CONSTRAINED BY THE LAUNCH VEHICLE, INCREASING THE APERTURE REQUIRES DEPLOYMENT OF SOME ASPECT OF THE OPTICAL TRAIN AND THEN THE PRECISE AND DYNAMICALLY STABLE LATCHING OF THE DEPLOYED COMPONENTS INTO DEFINED POSITIONS. EXISTING LATCHING TECHNOLOGY IS TOO INACCURATE, UNSTABLE, AND EXPENSIVE FOR USE IN MANY NASA MISSIONS. PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. (PSI) WILL DEVELOP A SIMPLE, SCALABLE LATCHING TECHNOLOGY BY APPLYING PRECISION ENGINEERING APPROACHES FROM PREVIOUS DEVELOPMENTS THAT CAREFULLY MANAGES THE FRICTION AND STRAIN ENERGY STORED INTERNAL TO THE LATCHING MECHANISM. THE RESULT WILL BE A SMALL, LOW-COST LATCHING SYSTEM WITH SUB-MICRON POSITIONAL REPEATABILITY AND DYNAMIC STABILITY. DURING THE PHASE I EFFORTS, THE PSI TEAM WILL DESIGN, BUILD, AND TEST A LATCH FOR A CUBESAT-SCALE APPLICATION. IN FUTURE PHASES, PSI WILL FULLY QUALIFY THE DEVICE AND DEMONSTRATE ITS PERFORMANCE WHEN INTEGRATED INTO A COMPLETE DEPLOYABLE OPTICAL SYSTEM. |
| NNX13CP24P | PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $124.99K | 2013-05-23 | 2013-11-23 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF IT IS INCREASINGLY RECOGNIZED THAT THE ARCTIC IS A BELLWETHER FOR CLIMATE CHANGE. AS THE ARCTIC REGION RESPONDS TO CLIMATE FORCINGS, MONITORING HOW AEROSOL DISTRIBUTIONS RESPOND AND MODIFY THEIR IMPACT ON RADIATIVE TRANSFER WILL BECOME INCREASINGLY IMPORTANT IN REFINING CLIMATE MODELS AND PREDICTIONS. NASA, ALONG WITH OTHER AGENCIES, HAS LAUNCHED SEVERAL PROGRAMS SUCH AS ARCTAS TO INCREASE OBSERVATIONS OF THE REGION AND INCORPORATE FINDINGS INTO LARGE SCALE CLIMATE MODELS. IN ORDER TO SUPPLEMENT SATELLITE OBSERVATIONS AND GIVEN THE DIFFICULTY OF GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS IN THE ARCTIC, INSTRUMENTED UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (UASS) REPRESENT ONE MEANS TO EFFICIENTLY MONITOR LARGE AREAS. MEASUREMENT OF THE VERTICAL PROFILE OF ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOL OPTICAL PROPERTIES CAN PROVIDE NEW DATA CRUCIAL TO UNDERSTANDING CLIMATE CHANGE IN THE ARCTIC. NEW INSTRUMENTATION IS REQUIRED TO ENABLE ROUTINE, WIDESPREAD MEASUREMENTS WITH GOOD PRECISION FROM UNMANNED AIRCRAFT. THESE NEW OBSERVATIONS WILL HAVE IMPORTANT IMPLICATIONS FOR GLOBAL CLIMATE CHANGE MODELING AND, ULTIMATELY, INTERNATIONAL ENERGY POLICY MAKING. IN THE PHASE I PROGRAM, WE WILL DEVELOP A COMPLETE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN FOR A FLIGHT-WORTHY, COMPACT, EYE SAFE LIDAR THAT WILL ENABLE VERTICAL PROFILING OF AEROSOL OPTICAL EXTINCTION AND SCATTERING AND THAT WILL BE DEPLOYABLE ON A COMPACT UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM LIKE THE SIERRA OR SCANEAGLE. IN THE PHASE II PROGRAM, WE WILL FABRICATE, TEST, AND FIELD DEMONSTRATE A PROTOTYPE SENSOR. |
| N6833517C0365 | PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. | Department of Defense | $124.98K | 2017-06-09 | 2018-01-09 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF |
| NNX16CD17P | PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $124.98K | 2016-06-10 | 2017-06-09 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. (PSI), IN COLLABORATION PURDUE UNIVERSITY, PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A NOVEL LAUNCH PROPULSION TECHNOLOGY FOR RAPID INSERTION OF NANO/MICRO SATELLITES (~ 5-50 KG SCALE) INTO LOW EARTH ORBIT, WITH THE POTENTIAL TO LOWER THE CURRENT STATE-OF-THE-ART LAUNCH STAGE COST BY A FACTOR OF TWO. THE TECHNOLOGY EMPLOYS A PROPULSION SCHEME COMPRISING A STORABLE LIQUID OXIDIZER AND A UNIQUE SOLID FUEL WITH EXCELLENT MECHANICAL AND THERMOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES. THE PROPULSION SCHEME WAS INITIALLY DEVELOPED BY PSI UNDER DARPA PROGRAMS FOR APPLICATIONS TO IN-SPACE THRUSTERS INTEGRATED IN A CONSUMABLE-STRUCTURE SPACECRAFT. THE PROPOSED APPLICATION OF THIS SCHEME TO LAUNCH VEHICLE STAGE TECHNOLOGY WILL RESULT IN LOW-COST, MASS-EFFICIENT LAUNCH SYSTEMS AND WILL REDUCE THE TECHNICAL DEVELOPMENT RISK FOR NASA. THE FUEL USED IS COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE AS AN INEXPENSIVE ENGINEERING MATERIAL. THE OXIDIZER IS COMMERCIALLY AVAILABLE AS A LOW-COST, INDUSTRIAL CHEMICAL. BOTH HAVE HIGH DENSITY, ARE GREEN (HALOGEN AND NITROGEN FREE), AND THEIR CHEMICAL REACTION HAS A HIGH SPECIFIC IMPULSE. THE OXIDIZER STORAGE, HANDLING, TRANSPORTATION, AND LOADING OPERATIONS ARE SIMPLER AND SAFER COMPARED TO CRYOGENIC OR TOXIC PROPELLANTS. THESE ATTRIBUTES OF THE FUEL AND OXIDIZER ENABLE OUR PROPOSED CONCEPT OF A LOW-COST LAUNCH VEHICLE STAGE. THE SPECIFIC OBJECTIVE OF PHASE I IS TO DEVELOP AND ANALYZE LOW-COST LAUNCH STAGE AND THRUSTER DESIGN CONCEPTS, AND TO DEVELOP AND BUILD A SCALED PROTOTYPE THRUSTER HARDWARE THAT WILL BE USED IN BOTH PHASES I AND II TO CHARACTERIZE THRUSTER DESIGN AND TO OBTAIN PERFORMANCE DATA FOR USE IN THE LAUNCH STAGE AND PROPULSION SYSTEM DESIGN/ANALYSIS STUDIES. AT THE END OF PHASE I, WE WILL HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE OPERATION OF THE SUBSCALE THRUSTER SYSTEM AND MEASURED ITS PERFORMANCE. A PLAN FOR PHASE II WORK, INVOLVING APPROACHES TO SUBSCALE GROUND TESTING OR SUB-ORBITAL FLIGHT TESTING, WILL ALSO BE DEVELOPED. |
| 80NSSC20C0589 | PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $124.98K | 2020-08-31 | 2021-09-30 | 541715 | DOPPLER-COMPENSATED INTEGRATED PHOTONIC TIME-BIN ENTANGLEMENT TRANSCEIVER |
| NNX14CC60P | PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $124.98K | 2014-06-20 | 2014-12-19 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF PSI PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM METAL CELL WITH ENERGY DENSITY>400WH/KG. THIS REPRESENTS A>70% INCREASE AS COMPARED TO SIMILARLY CONSTRUCTED CELLS USING COMMERCIAL OFF THE SHELF COMPONENTS. FURTHER, THE USE OF LITHIUM METAL ELIMINATES THE NEED TO PRODUCE THE ANODE MATERIAL AND ELECTRODE, SIMPLIFYING CELL CONSTRUCTION AND THUS REDUCING COST. THE PHASE I WORK WILL BUILD UPON PSI'S PREVIOUS EFFORTS FOCUSED ON FORMING A HIGH POWER CELL DESIGN. THESE EFFORTS HAVE DEMONSTRATED THE ABILITY TO CONSTRUCT POUCH SIZED CELLS THAT CHARGE AND DISCHARGE WITHOUT THE FORMATION OF DENDRITES. DURING PHASE I, PSI WILL BUILD HIGH ENERGY POUCH CELLS AND DEMONSTRATE THE CYCLING EFFICIENCY OF ITS LITHIUM METAL CELL DESIGN. A SPECIALIZED ELECTROLYTE WILL BE DEVELOPED THAT MAXIMIZES THE CYCLE LIFE AND OFFERS COMPARABLE PERFORMANCE TO CONVENTIONAL ELECTROLYTES DESIGNED FOR GRAPHITE CELLS. A COMPOSITE SEPARATOR TAILORED TO EFFICIENTLY OPERATE WITH THE ELECTROLYTE WILL BE USED TO PROVIDE A REDUCED DIFFUSION DISTANCE BETWEEN THE ANODE AND CATHODE. PHASE I TESTING WILL DEMONSTRATE EACH COMPONENT CAN BE SCALED TO ALLOW STABLE CYCLING OF AH POUCH CELLS. PHASE II WILL FOCUS ON BUILDING MULTI AMP HOUR CELLS THAT ACHIEVE THE TARGETED ENERGY DENSITY, 400WH/KG. |
| 80NSSC20C0519 | PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $124.98K | 2020-08-31 | 2021-03-01 | 541715 | ADAPTIVE VENTURI FOR SURGE PRESSURE MITIGATION |
| N6833518C0413 | PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. | Department of Defense | $124.98K | 2018-05-08 | 2019-05-07 | 541715 | IGF::OT::IGF SBIR PH I PROGRESS REPORT |
| NNX17CJ28P | PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $124.97K | 2017-06-09 | 2017-12-08 | 541712 | IGF::OT::IGF CURRENT MANNED AND UNMANNED SPACECRAFT REQUIRE SOPHISTICATED THERMAL CONTROL TECHNOLOGIES TO KEEP SYSTEMS AT TEMPERATURES WITHIN THEIR PROPER OPERATING RANGES. FUTURE MANNED AND UNMANNED MISSIONS TO THE MOON, MARS, AND OTHER DESTINATIONS WILL REQUIRE NEW TECHNOLOGIES TO MAINTAIN SPACECRAFT TEMPERATURE NEAR A SET-POINT WHILE UNDER VARIABLE HEAT LOADS AND THERMAL ENVIRONMENTS UNDER INCREASINGLY STRINGENT SIZE, WEIGHT AND POWER CONSTRAINTS. PASSIVE COMPONENTS THAT CAN ASSIST WITH THIS GOAL CAN GREATLY EXTEND AND EXPAND NASA MISSION CAPABILITIES. PHYSICAL SCIENCES INC. PROPOSES TO DEVELOP A PASSIVE THERMAL SKIN WITH SET-POINT TEMPERATURE CONTROL USING PHASE-CHANGE-MATERIAL NANOFILMS. OUR INNOVATION WILL ALLOW FOR SIMULTANEOUS CONTROL OF THE VISIBLE REFLECTIVITY AND THE INFRARED EMISSIVITY OF THE SPACECRAFT, CAUSING THE CRAFT TO REFLECT SUNLIGHT AND RADIATE HEAT WHEN HOT, AND ABSORB SUNLIGHT AND BECOME NON-EMISSIVE WHEN COLD. BY SIMULTANEOUSLY OPTIMIZING BOTH THE VISIBLE AND INFRARED OPTICAL PROPERTIES, A TURN-DOWN RATIO (TDR) OF 18:1 IS ULTIMATELY ACHIEVABLE. |