Phase II Sequential awards are available to Phase II awardees in agency-specified topics to continue the work of an initial Phase II award. A Phase II awardee may receive only one additional Phase II Sequential award. These mechanisms may or may not be reoccurring pilots and will be posted on SAM.gov if and when available.
Recent Awardees
2025 Awardee Firm
2025 Award Title
Psionic Inc
PSNDL Component Qualification for Class A Missions
Astrobotic Technology Inc
LaserNav LiDAR-Based Dark Navigation for Safe and Precise Lunar Landing
HiFunda LLC
Castable Inorganic Composite Potting Material for High-Temperature Electromagnets
Ad Astra Rocket Company
Technology Maturation of the VASIMR Electric Propulsion System
TDA Research, Inc.
Low-Temperature Secondary Batteries for the Lunar Surface
xWalker – Enhanced Inspection and Manipulation for Lunar Assembly
OxEon Energy, LLC (North Salt Lake, UT)
Mars Oxygen and Methane System (MOMS)
2023 Awardee Firm
2023 Award Title
Applied Material Systems Engineering, Inc. (Streamwood, Illinois)
Integration of Dust Resisting Secondary Emission Engineered Passive Thermal Control Material Systems (TCMS) Coating
ATSP Innovations (Houston, Texas)
Extreme Environment Tribological Characterization of Advanced Bearing Materials
Busek (Natick, Massachusetts)
High Total Impulse BET-MAX System for Small-Sat Deorbiting
CU Aerospace (Champaign, Illinois)
Fiber-fed Pulsed Plasma Thruster (FPPT) for Active Debris Removal
Flight Works (Irvine, California)
Green Propulsion System for Multi-Object Removal/Recovery System
Vestigo Aerospace (La Canada Flintridge, California)
Flight Demonstration of Spinnaker Dragsails for SmallSat Deorbit
Recent Press Releases
2022 Sequential Press Release
In August 2022, NASA announced the selection of six U.S. small businesses to receive nearly $27 million in total to continue work on technologies poised to make a significant impact in key areas, from wildfire readiness to sustained lunar exploration. Read the press release for more information on the awarded technologies.
