Little Prairie Services
Combined-cycle thermal-to-electric conversion system for micro-reactors and space nuclear propulsion
- Sector
- Energy
- Headquarters
- Edgewood, NM
- Founded
- 2018
- Total capital
- $2.5M
- Federal grants
- $1.1M
- 3 awards · 2018–2021
- Rank in peer group#20 of 23
- Private capital raised
- None on recordNo Form D filings on SEC EDGAR. Some raises are not filed.
- Federal contracts
- $1.5M
- 4 awards · NASA, Defense
- Rank in Energy#105 of 998
- Granted patents
- None on recordNo USPTO grants. Applications publish after 18 months.
Capital timeline
Latest events
- Federal contractNASA · E014042 SBIR Phase Ntr Fuel Testing In Mit Reactor Facilities$1.1M
- Federal grantEnergy · Phase I · A High Efficiency Combined Cycle Power System for Micro Reactors$199K
- Federal grantNASA · Phase I · NTR Fuel Testing in MIT Reactor Facilities$125K
- Federal contractDefense · Sbir/sttr Phase I Research&development - Advanced Npb Low Energy Beam Transport Technologies$105K
- Federal grantNASA · Phase II · Multi-Physics NTR Safety Analyses$750K
- Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Nuclear Thermal Propulsion (ntp) Offers High Promise To Reduce Launch Mass, Decrease Mission Costs And Increase Mission Effectiveness, Particularly For Crewed Missions To The Planets. However, Ntp Has Been Plagued With High Uncertainties In Cost, Schedule And Safety, Particularly Launch Safety. To Reduce Programmatic Uncertainty, An Unambiguous Approach To Documenting Ntp Safety Prior To, During And After Launch Needs To Be Made. Until Recently, The Multi-physics Models And Computin$124K
- Federal contractNASA · Igf::ot::igf Historically, Designing A Nuclear Thermal Rocket Engine And Determining Fuel Performance Has Been A Refractory And Anfractuous Process. Typically, Fuel Forms Would Be Developed And Tested In Separate Tests Of Mechanical, Radiation And Thermal Testing, And, In The Nerva Program, The Fuel Elements Were Assembled In A Rocket Engine And Tested. The Fuel Did Not Perform To Expectations, And The Engine Needed To Be Disassembled, The Fuel Examined And Fixed Needed To Be Determined; Then Th$125K
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Checked: USPTO granted patents and published applications · Oct 23, 2026
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Regulatory activity · Energy
- Air Plan Approval; Michigan; Redesignation and Maintenance Plan for the Partial St. Clair 2010 1-Hour Sulfur Dioxide (SO2) NAAQS Nonattainment AreaEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Air Plan Approval; Delaware; 2006 24-Hour Fine Particulate Matter Limited Maintenance Plan for the Philadelphia Nonattainment AreaEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Air Plan Approval; Oklahoma; Updates to the State Implementation Plan for New Source Review Permitting and General SIP ProvisionsEnvironmental Protection Agency
- List of Approved Spent Fuel Storage Casks: NAC International, Inc., MAGNASTOR® Storage System, Certificate of Compliance No. 1031, Amendment Nos. 16 and 17 and Revisions to Amendment Nos. 0 Through 16Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Epyrifenacil; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
- Fluoxapiprolin; Pesticide TolerancesEnvironmental Protection Agency
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Sources
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