This SBIR Phase I contract award to Ampaire, Inc. is for the "HIGH EFFICIENCY POWERTRAIN FOR HYBRID AIRCRAFT (HEPHA)" project, which is being funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The $149,955 firm-fixed-price contract is set aside for small businesses and will support research and development of hybrid electric propulsion technologies for aircraft. Ampaire, a for-profit corporation, has expertise in developing electric and hybrid...
This is a $1,700,000.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Ampaire, Inc., a small business based in Long Beach, California. The contract is for the development of lift and cruise electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) technologies as part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase 2B program. The contract has a completion date of December 20, 2023 and was awarded on December 31, 2021. The contract is set aside for small...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Armstrong Flight Research Center awarded a definitive firm fixed price contract valued at $6.4 million to Ampaire, Inc. for efforts to reduce risks associated with ground and flight testing in support of the Electrified Powertrain Flight Demonstrator. As the prime contractor, Ampaire will assist NASA in continued testing of the all-electric aircraft technology demonstrator over the one year period of performance ending in September 2021. The work...
This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Armstrong Flight Research Center to Ampaire, Inc., a for-profit corporation, 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 has a potential value of $794,491.40 and a completion date of September 30, 2020. The contract is not set aside for any specific...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Ampaire, Inc., a for-profit small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The $1,248,999.00 contract is for the development of a hybrid electric power system for King Air aircraft. The contract is intended to provide research, development, testing, and risk reduction services for electric aircraft propulsion systems and components. Ampaire has prior experience...
The U.S. Air Force awarded Ampaire, Inc. a $900,000.00 Other Transaction Agreement for vertical takeoff and landing research and development, as well as prototype propulsion. This contract, which has no set-aside designation, supports Ampaire's work on developing hybrid electric aircraft technologies. Ampaire is a for-profit corporation that has previously received federal contracts and grants, including from the Department of Defense, NASA, and the Department of Energy's Advanced Research...
This is a $845,050.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Electra.aero Inc., a small business specializing in advanced air mobility technologies. The contract, designated as a Definitive Contract with a Firm Fixed Price pricing type, is for the "Integrated Flight Validation of HALE UAP Avionics & Propulsion Systems for Science Missions". This work involves developing and testing prototype...
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 Small Business set-aside contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Launchpoint Technologies, Inc., doing business as Magnetic Moments, for the development of a scalable hybrid electric propulsion system for vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) and multirotor aircraft. The $754,909.00 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract will enable Launchpoint Technologies to build and fly a 1 kilowatt hybrid electric vehicle, as well as...
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...