NASA announces 2020 collaboration business partners

Each year, NASA selects various US companies for its Announcement of Collaboration Opportunity, wherein NASA works with various partners across the country to provide NASA with materials, expertise, and other services relevant to their effort of space exploration and understanding. This week, they have announced 17 companies for 20 different partnership opportunities to fulfill these needs. These range from cryogenic studies to sustainable power and other advanced technologies. The value of the awarded contracts and partnerships is expected to exceed $15 million. 

The companies that have been selected for this opportunity come from all over the US. They are as follows:

Aerojet Rocketdyne of Redmond, Washington

Ahmic Aerospace of Oakwood, Ohio

AI SpaceFactory of Secaucus, New Jersey

Blue Origin of Kent, Washington

Box Elder Innovations of Corinne, Utah

Cornerstone Research Group of Miamisburg, Ohio

Elementum 3D of Erie, Colorado

Gloyer-Taylor Laboratories of Tullahoma, Tennessee

IN Space of West Lafayette, Indiana

Orbital Sciences Corporation (Northrop Grumman Space Systems) of Dulles, Virginia

pH Matter of Columbus, Ohio

Phase Four of El Segundo, California

Rocket Lab USA of Long Beach, California

Sensuron of Austin, Texas

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) of Hawthorne, California

Space Systems Loral (Maxar Technologies) of Palo Alto, California

Stellar Exploration, Inc. of San Luis Obispo, California

NASA is well-known for its ability and willingness to partner with private companies to secure the knowledge, equipment, and resources that it needs to carry out its operations. The partnerships that NASA has to offer are typically hotly contested and vyed for by companies around the country because they represent an opportunity to work with some of the best scientists in the world, along with the typically high value of the contract. With these partnerships, NASA is hoping to improve its foundation of science and gain a coalition of high-quality scientists for their operations. 

Businesses that want to learn more about NASA'sprivate partnership opportunities can do so here.