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M S N W Llc

  • Contact Person: John Slough
  • Contact Phone: 425-867-8900
  • Contact Email: sloughj@msnwllc.com
  • Business Structure:
  • Corporate Entity (Not Tax Exempt)
  • Business Type:
  • For Profit Organization
  • Limited Liability f
  • Industries Served:
  • Product Areas: MAINT/REPAIR/REBUILD OF EQUIPMENT- GROUND EFFECT VEHICLES, MOTOR VEHICLES, TRAILERS, AND CYCLES, MAINT-REP OF VEHICLES-TRAILERS-CYC

Sampling of Federal Government Funding Actions/Set Asides

In order by amount of set aside monies.

  • $374,999 - Friday the 20th of July 2012
    Office Of Policy Budget And Administration
    NBC ACQUISITION SERVICES DIVISION
    MSNW LLC- MODIFICATION 0002 IMPLEMENTS OPTIONAL PERIOD.
  • $275,000 - Monday the 14th of April 2014
    National Aeronautics And Space Administration
    NASA SHARED SERVICES CENTER
    THE ELECTROMAGNETIC PLASMOID THRUSTER (EMPT) IS A REVOLUTIONARY ELECTRIC PROPULSION THRUSTER AND POWER PROCESSING (PPU) SYSTEM THAT WILL ALLOW A DRAMATIC DECREASE IN SYSTEM MASS AND INCREASE IN THRUST EFFICIENCY OVER TRADITIONAL 500-3000 W PROPULSION SYSTEMS. THE HIGH SPECIFIC POWER (>700 W/KG) AND HIGH EFFICIENCY OF EMPT WILL ENABLE A WIDE RANGE OF DEEP SPACE MISSIONS SUCH AS NEPTUNE, PLUTO AND OORT CLOUD ORBITAL INSERTION. ADDITIONALLY, A SOLAR ELECTRIC EMPT SYSTEM WOULD DRAMATICALLY INCREASE THE CAPABILITY AND REDUCE THE TRAVEL TIME OF AN ASTEROID OR MARTIAN MOON SAMPLE AND RETURN MISSION DUE TO THE VARIABLE-POWER, LOW-MASS PROPULSION SYSTEM. THE EMPT EMPLOYS A ROTATING MAGNETIC FIELD (RMF) TO PRODUCE LARGE PLASMA CURRENTS INSIDE A CONICAL THRUSTER CREATING A PLASMOID THAT IS MAGNETICALLY ISOLATED FROM THE THRUSTER WALLS. THE INTENSIFIED GRADIENT MAGNETIC FIELD FROM THE PLASMOID TOGETHER WITH THE LARGE PLASMA CURRENTS RESULT IN AN ENORMOUS BODY FORCE THAT EXPELS THE PLASMOID AT HIGH VELOCITY. THE EMPT IS A PULSED DEVICE, NOMINALLY OPERATING AT 1 KWE WITH 0.5-1 JOULE DISCHARGES AT 1-2 KHZ. PRESENTED IS A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE RELEVANT PLASMA PHYSICS AS WELL AS THE THRUSTER AND PPU DESIGN. THE PHASE I EMPT DEMONSTRATED THE MULTI-PULSE FORMATION AND EJECTION OF PLASMOIDS AT 0.1-3 JOULES AND 500-6,000 S ISP ON BOTH XENON AND ARGON. ADDITIONALLY, IT DEMONSTRATED ZERO EROSION OR LIFE LIMITING PHENOMENA. THE FOCUS OF THE PROPOSAL IS THE EXPERIMENTAL VALIDATION OF AN INTEGRATED THRUSTER AND PPU OPERATING IN A STEADY-STATE MODE. THE EMPT WILL BE CHARACTERIZED OVER A RANGE OF PARAMETERS: INPUT POWER FROM 200-3000 WATTS, AND 1,500-4,000 SECONDS SPECIFIC IMPULSE. THE INTEGRATED THRUSTER AND PPU TO BE BUILT AND TESTED WILL HAVE A TOTAL SYSTEM MASS OF LESS THAN 1.5 KG. SUCCESSFUL COMPLETION OF PHASE II WILL BE A FULLY INTEGRATED, STEADY-STATE DEMONSTRATION OF THRUSTER AND INTEGRATED POWER PROCESSING. PHASE II WILL MATURE THE TECHNOLOGY FROM A TRL LEVEL 4 TO 6.
  • $149,999 - Friday the 16th of December 2011
    Department Of Air Force
    FA9300 AFTC PZR
    P.O. - SBIR PHASE I

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