NASA SBIR/STTR Phase III — Sole-Source
Offers direct follow-on commercialization agreements for United States space firms after successful early-space awards.
NASA SBIR/STTR Phase III is the commercialization phase of NASA's small business innovation programs, enabling further development of technologies resulting from Phase I or Phase II contracts for transition into NASA programs, other government agencies, or the private sector. Phase III contracts are awarded as sole-source procurements without competitive solicitation, funded from NASA mission prog…
Any technology area that has prior NASA Phase I or Phase II funding basis.
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