The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $149,925.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Lift Aircraft Inc. for Phase I research and development work on advancing modular payload use cases for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) platforms through electromagnetic adherence and computer vision technologies. This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract supports further development of Lift Aircraft's Hexa eVTOL aircraft, which is...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a definitive contract valued at $2,449,965 to Lift Aircraft Inc. Lift Aircraft Division. The firm fixed price contract is for research related to furthering the domestic electric vertical take-off and landing industry and technology progress under the Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase II initiative. The work will be performed in Austin, Texas over a three year period concluding in June 2023. The award has...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $749,964 firm fixed price contract to Lift Aircraft Inc. Lift Aircraft Division under a Small Business Technology Transfer Research Phase II solicitation. The contract supports Furtherance of Modular Payload Use Case for Electric Vertical Take-off and Landing Platform through Electromagnetic Adherence and Computer Vision research from May 26, 2022 through August 31, 2023. The place of performance is Austin, Texas. The...
This is a $3,794,274.00 Other Transaction Agreement awarded by the U.S. Air Force's Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) to H3X Technologies Inc., a manufacturer of integrated motor drive and propulsion technologies for unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), aircraft, and electric aircraft. The contract is for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) flight test research and development. H3X Technologies is a for-profit small business organization based in Colorado that has received...
The U.S. Air Force awarded a $1,040,000 Other Transaction Agreement to Air VEV Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit organization, for research and development related to electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) flight testing, prototype simulators, and digital engineering/digital twin R&D. The contract has an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2024 and was not set aside for any specific business type. This award appears to be part of the Air Force's efforts to advance eVTOL and...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $74,957 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Airspace Experience Technologies, Inc. for the "Transforming Mobility with First Modular Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (EVTOL) Aircraft" project. This contract is set aside for small businesses. The award date is May 14, 2024, and the ultimate completion date is August 19, 2024. The place of performance is Detroit, Michigan. This contract supports the AFRL's efforts to...
<p>The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $149,990.00 firm fixed price purchase order to Flight Transformation Technologies Corp (doing business as Flightx) for the development of a Maverick Orbs Hybrid-Electric Vehicle Take Off and Landing (EVTOL) Aircraft. This STTR Phase I contract was set aside for small businesses. The place of performance is Austin, TX.</p>
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $149,360.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract to Coolbuck, Inc., a minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the development of an electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) flying vehicle for one passenger with a 25-mile range. This STTR Phase I contract is a small business set-aside. The eVTOL vehicle is intended to support the Air Force's research and development efforts related...
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...
This is a $750,000.00 Small Business Set-Aside contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Transcend Air Corporation for the development of a revolutionary dual-use, high-speed, vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft under the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program. The contract has a firm fixed price and is expected to be completed by February 18, 2025. Transcend Air Corporation, a for-profit small disadvantaged business, will deliver this advanced VTOL...