This is a $7,998,935 Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation's Weapon System Division. The contract, titled "SPEED WITH INNOVATIVE FLOWPATH TECHNOLOGY (SWIFT)", does not have a set-aside designation.
The contract is focused on developing a digital twin framework through integrated computational materials engineering tools to evaluate additive manufacturing of continuous fiber composite materials for use in attritable air vehicles. This aligns with AFRL's efforts to leverage digital enterprise capabilities and physics-based modeling to rapidly design and manufacture lightweight, low-cost composite materials to support future contested air operations.
Major subcontractors include Materials Research & Design Inc., Exothermics, Inc., and Physical Sciences Inc., all of which provide specialized materials research, development, and testing services to support the contract's objectives. This contract builds upon AFRL's ongoing work in advanced materials, additive manufacturing, and digital engineering to enable more agile and affordable composite structures for attritable air platforms.
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