National Aeronautics and Space Administration awarded Protoinnovations, LLC of Pittsburgh, PA $849,532 under the SBIR program (Phase II), with work starting 2025-07-03 and running to 2027-07-02. It is one of 3 SBIR and STTR awards Protoinnovations, LLC received in the last two years, $1,805,117 in all. Each figure links to the federal record.
The award
| Recipient | Protoinnovations, LLC (Pittsburgh, PA) |
|---|---|
| Awarding agency | National Aeronautics and Space Administration |
| Phase | Phase II |
| Amount obligated | $849,532 |
| Period of performance starts | 2025-07-03 |
| Period of performance ends | 2027-07-02 |
| Award number | 80NSSC25C0090 (contract) |
| Industry (NAICS) | 541715, Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except nanotechnology and biotechnology) |
| Product or service code | AJ14, General science and technology R&D services; general science and technology; R&D administrative expenses |
| Place of performance | Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, PA |
| Recipient registry id (UEI) | GER9RWM82EL1 |
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What it is for
Set partitioning framework for identifying lrus with built-in diagnostics
Funding actions on this award
| Date | Action | Modification | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-28 | Other administrative action | P00001 | $0 |
| 2025-07-03 | Initial award | 0 | $849,532 |
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Other SBIR and STTR awards to Protoinnovations, LLC
| Starts | Agency | Program | Amount | Project |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase III | $105,665 | 80nssc25c0492 K-REX2 rover ROS2 control interface (record) |
| 2025-07-23 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | SBIR Phase II | $849,920 | 80NSSC25C0021 (record) |
Every other federal award to Protoinnovations, LLC on record
The federal register lists 24 other awards to the same registry id (UEI GER9RWM82EL1), $18,344,369 in all, from 2 agencies.
| Starts | Agency | Amount | Award |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-08-07 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $149,882 | FY24 SBIR Phase I- modular software architecture and algorithms for fast and efficient lunar mobility (m-safe) (80NSSC24PB415) |
| 2024-08-07 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $149,079 | FY24 SBIR Phase I - set partitioning framework for identifying lrus with built-in diagnostics (80NSSC24PB416) |
| 2024-03-05 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | Understanding wheel regolith interaction for mobility under lunar gravity (80NSSC24K0817) | |
| 2023-12-26 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $849,838 | STTR Phase II a software framework for advancing perception capabilities for rovers operating in harsh lunar e (80NSSC24CA030) |
| 2022-08-12 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $4,551,735 | EO14042 FY22 SBIR Phase II lunar sequential - multi-platform, scalable, and modular rover flight software cont (80NSSC22CA229) |
| 2022-07-25 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $149,732 | EO14042 STTR Phase I a software framework for advancing perception capabilities for rovers operating in harsh (80NSSC22PB163) |
| 2022-05-13 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $1,078,976 | EO14042 Phase II SBIR rover slip estimation and traction control for optimal mobility in lunar environments (80NSSC22CA176) |
| 2021-07-14 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $749,894 | Protoinnovations, llc proposes to continue applied research and development, mature, and validate dynamically (80NSSC21C0494) |
| 2020-09-11 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $3,807,545 | Rover slip estimation and traction control for optimal mobility in lunar environments (80NSSC20C0252) |
| 2020-08-31 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $124,835 | Dynamically reconfigurable software and mobility architecture for autonomous planetary rovers (80NSSC20C0615) |
| 2020-06-26 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $749,831 | Intelligent robotic lunar wheel with accurate and robust real-time mobility assessment and response capabiliti (80NSSC20C0214) |
| 2019-08-19 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $124,930 | Protoinnovations, llc proposes to research, design, develop, test, and validate an intelligent, robotic, lunar (80NSSC19C0599) |
| 2019-07-26 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $749,648 | Protoinnovations, llc is developing a rover-based non-prehensile manipulation (rbnpm) control architecture and (80NSSC19C0215) |
| 2018-07-27 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $124,970 | Protoinnovations, llc (PI) will research, design, develop, and validate advanced locomotion controls, rover-ba (80NSSC18P2202) |
| 2018-05-04 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $749,976 | Protoinnovations, llc is developing an inventive system for wheeled mobility that exploits the geometric and m (80NSSC18C0112) |
| 2017-06-09 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $124,940 | Protoinnovations introduces the "tensegrital wheel" an inventive concept for wheeled locomotion that exploits (NNX17CA46P) |
| 2017-04-06 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $749,682 | Protoinnovations, llc, is developing an innovative retractable robotic anchor that works in hard rock and gran (NNX17CJ13C) |
| 2016-06-10 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $124,887 | Protoinnovations proposes to research, develop, and validate an innovative retractable robotic anchoring mecha (NNX16CJ40P) |
| 2015-05-14 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $749,977 | Protoinnovations, llc (PI) and the massachusetts institute of technology (mit) have formed a partnership to re (NNX15CA25C) |
| 2014-06-20 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $124,931 | Partnership to research, develop, and experimentally test a suite of methods for significantly improving the s (NNX14CA62P) |
| 2013-03-01 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $410,985 | "krex engineering and prototype inmprovement" (NNA13AB20C) |
| 2011-08-16 | Department of the Navy | $749,201 | Basic (N0002411C4137) |
| 2011-08-15 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $599,495 | Protoinnovations, llc and carnegie mellon university have formed a partnership to commercially develop rover-a (NNX11CC51C) |
| 2008-02-20 | National Aeronautics and Space Administration | $599,400 | Lunar all-terrain vehicle for eva (NNX08CA03C) |
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The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs set aside part of federal research budgets for small companies. Agencies award them in phases: Phase I tests whether an idea is feasible, Phase II funds development, and Phase III is follow-on work paid for outside the set-aside. STTR awards also require a research institution as a partner.
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