The U.S. Air Force has awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract to Spirit Aerosystems Inc., a subsidiary of Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc., for the "CONFORMABLE REUSABLE AIRFRAME STRUCTURES FOR HYPERSONIC (CRASH)" project. This $9,330,433 contract, with a completion date of March 24, 2026, does not have a set-aside designation.
As a major manufacturer of aircraft parts and components, Spirit Aerosystems has extensive experience in advanced composite technologies,...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a $23,810,452.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract to Spirit Aerosystems Inc., a major aircraft parts manufacturer, for a project titled "BONDED UNITIZED COMPOSITES LARGE-SCALE STRUCTURAL DEMONSTRATION". The contract has no set-aside designation and runs through September 7, 2028.
As a subsidiary of Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc., Spirit Aerosystems Inc. has extensive experience in advanced composite technologies, structural materials research...
This federal contract award to Fiber Materials Inc., a subsidiary of Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., is for the development of advanced composite materials for hypersonic applications under the "COMPOSITES FOR HYPERSONICS BY INTEGRATED COMPUTATIONAL MATERIALS ENGINEERING" program. The $8,863,615.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), does not have a set-aside designation. Fiber Materials Inc. is a leading manufacturer of thermal...
This federal contract award to Spirit Aerosystems Inc. is for the "Certification of Bonded Aircraft Structures by Process Control" project, awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The $6,370,415 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract has a period of performance through September 30, 2025.
The contract appears to be associated with a larger Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) from AFRL's Materials & Manufacturing Directorate, Structural Materials Division, which is seeking...
This is a definitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded to Fiber Materials Inc., a subsidiary of Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc., by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The $5,028,966.00 contract is for the characterization and performance testing of hypersonic thermal protection composite material systems, with a completion date of September 30, 2027. Fiber Materials Inc. has extensive experience producing advanced composite materials and thermal protection systems for aerospace...
This $3,033,050.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center to Spirit Aerosystems Inc. to demonstrate automated ceramic matrix composite (CMC) processing and fabrication of reusable hot structure designs for hypersonic vehicles, including flaperons, torque tubes, wing, and fuselage subcomponents. The contract, which has a completion date of September 26, 2026, involves the design, analysis, characterization, and...
This is a $3,966,572.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Integration Innovation Inc. (I3) for "Materials and Processing for Expendable Hypersonic Vehicles." The contract has a May 30, 2022 completion date and was awarded on September 27, 2017 with no set-aside designation.
I3, the prime contractor, is partnering with several subcontractors including ATK Launch Systems LLC, Plasma Processes LLC, Ultramet, and Allcomp Inc. to...
This is a $5,096,374.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Ultramet, a for-profit manufacturer, for the development of advanced composite materials and control mechanisms for expendable hypersonic vehicles. The contract has an anticipated completion date of August 31, 2024 and was initially awarded on September 19, 2017. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Ultramet is a small business that...
This $2,419,641.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to The Boeing Company for the development of "SYNTACTIC METAL MATRIX COMPOSITES FOR MULTIFUNCTIONAL AND TUNABLE HYPERSONIC AIRFRAME HOT STRUCTURES." The contract has a period of performance through December 14, 2026 and is not designated as a set-aside. Boeing will leverage its expertise in areas such as aeronautics, applied physics, electronics, systems engineering, and...
This is a $16,988,866.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee research and development contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) for hypersonics supply chain research. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. SwRI, an independent nonprofit research organization, will serve as the prime contractor and has enlisted several subcontractors, including Elementum 3D (metal 3D printing), Solar Atmospheres (furnace...