The low boom flight demonstrator (lbfd) contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic boom signature with a calculated loudness…

Active Definitive Contract Awarded Last action

Contract number
80AFRC18C0018
Awardee
Awarding agency
Obligated
$519,436,416

Award facts

Opportunity
Contract value 96% obligated
$540,082,233.46 Current and potential, with all options
Completion date 99% complete
Current and potential, with all options
Contracting staff
NAICS code
336411 Aircraft Manufacturing
Set-aside
No set-aside
Competition
Full and Open Competition · 1 offer Negotiated Proposal / Quote
Pricing
Cost Plus Incentive
Place of performance
Palmdale, CA 93599, USA

Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.

Transactions

Action Obligated Date
Change Order P00092 $0
Other Administrative Action P00091 $0
Funding Only Action P00090 $950,000
Change Order P00089 $0
Change Order P00087 $13,472,877
Funding Only Action P00086 · The design, construction, and flight validation of the low-boom flight demonstration (lbfd) aircraft to validate technologies applicable to low sonic boom… $14,640,000
Other Administrative Action P00077 · The lbfd contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic boom signature with a calculated… $0
Other Administrative Action P00085 · The design, construction, and flight validation of the low-boom flight demonstration (lbfd) aircraft to validate technologies applicable to low sonic boom… $6,617,173
Funding Only Action P00083 $2,940,000
Funding Only Action P00076 $4,080,000
Funding Only Action P00082 $3,200,000
Change Order P00084 $3,000,000
Change Order P00079 $96,070
Funding Only Action P00081 $3,000,000
Supplemental Agreement for work within scope P00080 $5,500,000
Funding Only Action P00078 $5,952,909
Change Order P00075 $229,408
Funding Only Action P00074 $0
Change Order P00073 $15,000,000
Change Order P00072 $0
Other Administrative Action P00071 $0
Other Administrative Action P00070 $0
Funding Only Action P00069 $17,485,777
Other Administrative Action P00068 $0
Other Administrative Action P00067 $0
Funding Only Action P00066 $114,975
Supplemental Agreement for work within scope P00065 $0
Supplemental Agreement for work within scope P00064 $0
Supplemental Agreement for work within scope P00063 $0
Other Administrative Action P00062 $0
Supplemental Agreement for work within scope P00061 $0
Supplemental Agreement for work within scope P00060 $0
Funding Only Action P00059 $5,000,000
Supplemental Agreement for work within scope P00058 $0
Funding Only Action P00057 $3,000,000
Funding Only Action P00056 $849,146
Funding Only Action P00055 $13,266,000
Change Order P00054 $0
Change Order P00053 $0
Change Order P00052 $107,170
Funding Only Action P00051 $200,000
Other Administrative Action P00049 $0
Funding Only Action P00050 $13,874,841
Other Administrative Action P00048 $0
Funding Only Action P00047 $6,110,000
Funding Only Action P00046 $6,758,000
Change Order P00044 $0
Funding Only Action P00045 $5,195,000
Funding Only Action P00043 $6,500,000
Funding Only Action P00042 · The lbfd contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic boom signature with a calculated… $2,500,000
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About this award

Written by GovTribe AI ·

The Armstrong Flight Research Center awarded a $540.08 million ceiling cost-plus-incentive definitive contract to Lockheed Martin Corporation, doing business as Lockheed Martin Aerostructures, for the Low Boom Flight Demonstrator on April 2, 2018, with ultimate completion on December 11, 2026. The prime is a large business, and the award used no set-aside.

The contract covers design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that produces a shaped sonic boom with a calculated loudness of 75 PLdB or less during supersonic cruise at Mach 1.4. Its objectives are to validate technologies applicable to low sonic boom aircraft and to develop a community response database for supersonic overland flight standards.

Place of performance is Palmdale, CA 93599.

Subcontract records on the effort, dated December 1, 2023 through July 1, 2025, name North Atlantic Industries, Inc. on electronic components and card failure analysis, Denmar Technical Services Inc. on flight-test and engineering support, and General Electric Company on CLIN 2 engineering support, alongside a broader team of aerospace component, test, and engineering suppliers.

Description

As the agency reported it.

The low boom flight demonstrator (lbfd) contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic boom signature with a calculated loudness level of 75 pldb [perceived level (PL), decibels (DB)] or less during supersonic cruise (mach = 1.4) flight.

Subawards

Subcontractor Amount Awarded
Talon Aviation LLC The low boom flight demonstrator (lbfd) contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic… $11,180
Moog Inc. The low boom flight demonstrator (lbfd) contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic… $75,000
GP Strategies Government Solutions, Inc. The low boom flight demonstrator (lbfd) contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic… $81,141
Talon Aviation LLC The low boom flight demonstrator (lbfd) contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic… $320,000
North Atlantic Industries, Inc. THE LOW BOOM FLIGHT DEMONSTRATOR (LBFD) CONTRACT IS FOR THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND FLIGHT VALIDATION OF A RESEARCH AIRCRAFT THAT CREATES A SHAPED SONIC… -$37,800
North Atlantic Industries, Inc. The low boom flight demonstrator (lbfd) contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic… $45,468
Denmar Technical Services Inc. The low boom flight demonstrator (lbfd) contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic… $219,140
Detroit Flexible Metal Products Co The low boom flight demonstrator (lbfd) contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic… $34,462
Denmar Technical Services Inc. The low boom flight demonstrator (lbfd) contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic… -$100,789
Rockwell Collins, Inc. The low boom flight demonstrator (lbfd) contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic… $30,000
DNB Engineering Inc. The lbfd contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic boom signature with a calculated… $12,205
Denmar Technical Services Inc. The lbfd contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic boom signature with a calculated… $50,000
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation The lbfd contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic boom signature with a calculated… $30,000
General Electric Company The lbfd contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic boom signature with a calculated… $340,000
Denmar Technical Services Inc. The lbfd contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic boom signature with a calculated… -$115,015
North Atlantic Industries, Inc. The lbfd contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic boom signature with a calculated… $36,488
Moog Inc. The lbfd contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic boom signature with a calculated… $69,186
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation The lbfd contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic boom signature with a calculated… $53,000
North Atlantic Industries, Inc. The lbfd contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic boom signature with a calculated… $39,632
Gossamer Aerospace LLC The lbfd contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic boom signature with a calculated… $15,000
Moog Inc. The lbfd contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic boom signature with a calculated… $50,000
DNB Engineering Inc. The lbfd contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic boom signature with a calculated… $41,500
North Atlantic Industries, Inc. The lbfd contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic boom signature with a calculated… $1,117,232
North Atlantic Industries, Inc. The lbfd contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic boom signature with a calculated… $95,000
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation The lbfd contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic boom signature with a calculated… $20,000
North Atlantic Industries, Inc. The lbfd contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic boom signature with a calculated… -$37,400
Denmar Technical Services Inc. The lbfd contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic boom signature with a calculated… $113,000
Honeywell International Inc. The lbfd contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic boom signature with a calculated… $113,311
Talon Aviation LLC The lbfd contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic boom signature with a calculated… $298,000
North Atlantic Industries, Inc. The lbfd contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic boom signature with a calculated… $152,000
Moog Inc. The lbfd contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic boom signature with a calculated… $58,693
Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation The lbfd contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic boom signature with a calculated… $36,000
Rockwell Collins, Inc. The lbfd contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic boom signature with a calculated… $80,000
Alva Manufacturing Inc. The lbfd contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic boom signature with a calculated… $30,641
North Atlantic Industries, Inc. The lbfd contract is for the design, construction, and flight validation of a research aircraft that creates a shaped sonic boom signature with a calculated… $32,000
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Quick answers

Who was awarded contract 80AFRC18C0018?

80AFRC18C0018 was awarded to Lockheed Martin Corporation by Armstrong Flight Research Center (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) on April 2, 2018.

How much is contract 80AFRC18C0018 worth?

The government has obligated $519,436,416 on 80AFRC18C0018. Its current value, with exercised options, is $540,082,233.

Was contract 80AFRC18C0018 competed?

The extent of competition for 80AFRC18C0018 was full and open competition. The government received 1 offer.

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