Description
NASA’s National Space Science Center (NSSC) intends to award a sole‑source contract to the University of Alabama for the REGLINK Regolith – Additive Friction Stir Deposition (AFSD) material behavior study. The effort supports the In‑Space Manufacturing (ISM‑ASTRO) program and focuses on how regolith simulant characteristics affect AFSD processing and resulting material properties. The contractor will prepare regolith feedstock, conduct AFSD trials, perform extensive microstructural and mechanical testing, and deliver monthly progress reports and a final technical report. Work will be performed at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) with a performance period ending in Fall 2026.
• Sole‑source award to University of Alabama (only CFSP partner with required AFSD capability)
• Scope includes regolith feedstock preparation, AFSD trial execution, coupon fabrication, SEM/XRD/XCT analysis, data correlation, and reporting
• Deliverables: monthly progress updates, processing logs, mechanical property datasets, microstructure analysis package, final technical report (PDF)
• Period of performance: award‑to‑completion by Fall 2026 (≈6 months)
• Submission: capability statements due 09/02/2026 to primary contact Tiffany Neal (email)
• Funding amount not disclosed; typical NASA research contracts of this scope range from $0.5 M to $2 M.
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Contact
Tiffany Neal