Definitive Contract 140D0423C0069
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- Spectral Energies LLC, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business based in Beavercreek, Ohio, received a $1.8M Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II award from the Air Force Research Laboratory on February 7, 2024. The contract, designated as a Total Small Business set aside, focuses on developing robust and reliable ignition systems for versatile rotating detonation engines (RDE) to expand their operational flight envelope. Work will be performed in Beavercreek under a firm...
- This is a $1,235,467.00 firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase II contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian federal agency, to Spectral Energies LLC, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business in Beavercreek, Ohio. The contract is for the optimization of multiphase injector dynamics for rotating detonation rocket engines, supporting advanced propulsion research and development. Spectral Energies is an experienced government contractor, having received numerous SBIR and STTR awards as...
- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract valued at $1.78M to Spectral Energies LLC, a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business based in Beavercreek, Ohio. The contract, designated as a Total Small Business set-aside, focuses on turbulent boundary layer drag reduction flight demonstration utilizing dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuators. Work is scheduled for completion by November 9, 2027, with the...
- The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $1.25M Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II contract to Spectral Energies LLC, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business based in Beavercreek, Ohio, on July 21, 2023. The contract, set aside for small businesses, focuses on developing small-to-medium range battlefield advantage capabilities through versatile, next-generation solid detonation propulsion systems. Work is to be completed by June 1, 2026, under a firm fixed-price purchase...
- Spectral Energies LLC was awarded a definitive contract valued at $749,803 by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to continue development of the Rotating Detonation Engine concept under the agency's Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II program. The firm fixed price contract has a period of performance from January 2021 through January 2023 for Spectral Energies to conduct research at its place of performance in Beavercreek, Ohio on advancing the rotating...
- The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $1,249,586.00 firm fixed-price purchase order to Spectral Energies LLC, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, for the development of "Low-Loss Diodic Injectors with Rapid External Mixing for Hypersonic and Detonation Propulsion Systems." This STTR Phase II research contract supports the advancement of technologies for hypersonic and detonation propulsion systems. Spectral Energies is a small business located in...
- This is a Small Business Set-Aside contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Spectral Energies LLC, a minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Beavercreek, Ohio. The $74,961 firm-fixed-price contract is for the STTR Phase I development of robust and reliable ignition systems for versatile rotating detonation engine flight envelopes. Spectral Energies has an extensive history delivering advanced technologies and innovative research and development...
- Spectral Energies LLC was awarded a $74,876 firm fixed price purchase order from the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to develop a controllable volumetric spark ignitor for rotating detonation engines and hypersonic scramjets under the Small Business Administration's total set-aside designation. As the prime contractor, Spectral Energies will perform the work in Beavercreek, Ohio through August 2023 to support the Air Force's research into propulsion technologies for...
- This is a $149,638 Small Business STTR Phase I contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Spectral Energies LLC, a minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract is for the development of "ultrahigh-bandwidth robust performance diagnostics for rotating detonation engines," which aligns with the agency's research interests in propulsion, energy, and aerospace technologies. Spectral Energies has an Indefinite...
- The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Spectral Energies LLC, a minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business. The $1,457,421.00 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the development of "Advanced Circuit Technologies for Reliable, Low-Cost, High Temp Electronic Controls." Spectral Energies will perform the work in Beavercreek, OH. This SBIR Phase II award continues the...
Spectral Energies LLC, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business based in Beavercreek, Ohio, was awarded a $1.8M Small Business Technology Transfer Phase II contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency on June 1, 2023. The contract, set aside for small businesses, focuses on physics-based understanding of fuel injection in rotating detonation rocket engines and extends through May 31, 2025. Under the cost-plus-fixed-fee arrangement, Spectral Energies will conduct advanced research and development to enhance propulsion technology capabilities, leveraging its established expertise in diagnostics, imaging systems, laser technologies, and advanced engineering solutions for federal defense and aerospace applications. This award reflects Spectral Energies' demonstrated capabilities in specialized propulsion research and builds upon the company's extensive portfolio of Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer contracts with federal agencies including the Air Force Research Laboratory, Office of Naval Research, and NASA. The company's work on rotating detonation rocket engines aligns with DARPA's focus on advanced propulsion technologies and represents a continuation of the firm's strategic involvement in developing next-generation military propulsion systems, complementing its existing $184.3M Indefinite Delivery Contract with the Air Force Research Laboratory focused on combustion and propulsion research.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P00002 | Funding Only Action | $722.3k | 5/28/24 | |
| P00004 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 6/1/23 | |
| P00005 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 6/1/23 | |
| P00003 | Supplemental Agreement for work within scope | $0 | 5/30/23 | |
| P00001 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 5/30/23 |