This is a $20,151,403.78 Definitive Contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Sierra Space Corp, a for-profit manufacturer of advanced space technologies and services. The contract is for the "MATURATION OF SNC UPPER STAGE VORTEX ENGINE ENHANCEMENT" under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III. This contract does not have a set-aside designation. Sierra Space Corp has subcontracted work to various companies, including American Seal &...
<p>The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $22,605,083.25 definitive contract to Sierra Space Corporation, a subsidiary of Sierra Nevada Corporation, for maturation of the VR35K-A Advanced Upper Stage Engine under the Small Business Innovative Research Phase III program. The contract is a firm fixed price agreement for research and development work to be performed in Westminster, Colorado over a period spanning June 9, 2023 through November 3, 2025.</p>
This is a $50,000 firm fixed price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Vortex Control Technologies LLC (VCT), a small disadvantaged business. The contract is for the development of innovative defense-related dual-purpose technologies and solutions with a clear Air Force stakeholder need. VCT was previously awarded a $407,703 R&D contract by the U.S. Navy in 2023 and a $3.7 million indefinite-delivery,...
The U.S. Department of the Navy's Naval Air Warfare Center awarded a $407,703 firm fixed price research and development (R&D) contract to Vortex Control Technologies LLC (VCT), a small disadvantaged business, under a broad agency announcement (BAA). The contract, which has a performance period through March 2025, requires VCT to provide research, testing, prototyping, or technical support services related to the Naval Air Warfare Center's programs. In addition, VCT has previously received...
This is a $3,018,245.00 firm fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force Test Center to Sierra Space Corp, a for-profit manufacturer of advanced aerospace technologies, for the maturation of an Orbitec upper stage engine under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III program. The contract has no set-aside designation. Sierra Space Corp is the prime contractor, and key subcontractors include Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. (a subsidiary of Kratos Defense...
Sierra Space Corp, a for-profit manufacturer, has been awarded a $15,997,233.90 Firm Fixed Price Definitive Contract by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to perform SBIR Phase III work on the maturation of the VR25K-A Advanced Upper Stage Engine. This contract has no set-aside designation and supports the company's continued research and development of advanced propulsion systems and space technologies. Sierra Space Corp has demonstrated extensive expertise in this domain, having...
Research In Flight LLC has been awarded a $1,249,999 firm fixed price purchase order contract by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to provide performance and acoustic design optimization tools for cyclonic vortex engines. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation and work will be performed in Auburn, Alabama through July 2025. As the prime contractor, Research In Flight will develop modeling and simulation tools to evaluate aircraft engine...
This is a $19,321,163 definitive, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Sierra Nevada Corporation, LLC, a woman-owned aerospace and national security company, for the development of adaptable lighter-than-air vehicles. The contract has no set-aside designation. The prime contractor, Sierra Nevada Corporation, has been awarded multiple prime and subcontracts from the Air Force, Navy, Army, and Special Operations Command for a range of services...
Valkyrie Systems Aerospace, Inc. was awarded a $74,194 firm fixed price purchase order as part of the Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase I Action. The award from the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory is for research and development of vertical take off and land family of systems in support of the Department of the Air Force's advanced aircraft technology programs. The contract has a total small business set aside designation and work will be performed by Valkyrie...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $1.5 million firm fixed price purchase order to Innoveering LLC Small Business Division for research and development of an Advanced Hypersonic Engine Manufacturing System under Phase II of the Small Business Innovation Research Program. The contract has a period of performance from March 3, 2022 through March 29, 2024 and will be performed entirely in Ronkonkoma, New York. The award was set aside for total small...