This award to Wright Electric Inc. is a $1,324,545.00 firm-fixed-price definitive contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Armstrong Flight Research Center. The objective is to assist NASA in reducing the risk and cost of potential future flight demonstration procurements that support the accomplishment of mid- and far-term community outcomes. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Wright Electric Inc. is a U.S. based startup company focused on...
Wright Electric Inc. has been awarded a definitive contract valued at $6.1 million by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Armstrong Flight Research Center (NASA). Under the contract, Wright Electric will assist NASA in reducing risks associated with future ground and flight test efforts in support of the Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstrator program. Performance will take place in Hastings-On-Hudson, New York over a period of 16 months concluding in September 2021. The firm...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Shared Services Center to Electra.aero Inc., a small business, for a $149,591.00 SBIR Phase I contract. The contract is for the rapid prototyping and experimental validation of high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) aircraft propulsion and avionics systems. The work under this contract supports the development of advanced air mobility technologies, with a focus on electric and...
This is a SBIR Phase I contract award to Empirical Systems Aerospace Inc., doing business as Esaero, a small business manufacturer of aerospace goods and services. The $149,601.00 firm fixed price contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center for the development of an "Aircraft Traction Inverter for Hybrid-Electric and All-Electric Megawatt-Class Vehicles." This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project aims to advance...
This $225,865.78 firm fixed-price delivery order was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) to Empirical Systems Aerospace Inc. (Esaero), a small business manufacturer, to support the Convergent Electric Propulsion Technology (CEPT) research phase. The effort includes modifying an existing general aviation aircraft with NASA-furnished electric motors and power systems to create an electric distributed propulsion demonstrator....
Wright Electric Inc. has been awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order valued at approximately $1.25 million by the Air Force Research Laboratory to conduct Phase II research under the Small Business Innovation Research program. The research effort, titled "Battlefield Expeditionary Energy for Distributed Logistics Employment," aims to develop technologies supporting energy distribution and logistics for deployed military operations. The work will be performed by Wright Electric in...
This task order is issued to Empirical Systems Aerospace Inc. (Esaero), a small business aerospace engineering and manufacturing company, to expand the scope of testing of cruise motors and cruise motor controllers for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) X-57 Maxwell electric aircraft demonstrator. The award, which is not set aside, has a firm fixed price of $417,286.36 and is issued under NASA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program Phase III. Esaero has...
This is a $74,353,783 firm-fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Armstrong Flight Research Center to MagniX USA Inc. The contract is to assist NASA in accelerating the introduction of megawatt-class electrified aircraft propulsion (EAP) systems into future aircraft products by U.S. industry. This effort will help identify certification gaps and address them through ground testing and flight tests. The contract was awarded on...
This federal contract award to Wright Electric Inc. is for the development of lightweight, power-efficient electric generators, with a ceiling value of $749,998.00. The contract was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. It is a firm-fixed-price contract with a completion date of February 17, 2023. Wright Electric Inc. is a U.S.-based startup company focused on reducing aircraft emissions and developing zero-emissions...
This contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Empirical Systems Aerospace Inc., doing business as Esaero, as a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III contract worth up to $559,851. The contract is focused on addressing two key issues for the development of electric aircraft: battery safety and noise reduction. Esaero is looking to use a non-combustible nano-electric fuel to replace conventional batteries, which will...