The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $2,843,680.26 firm-fixed-price definitive contract to Next Offset Solutions, Inc., a small disadvantaged business, to advance technologies enabling the predictive design, deployable manufacturing, and quality assessment of additively manufactured solid rocket motors. This contract was awarded under the AFRL Rocket Lab Hermes Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), an unrestricted solicitation that allows for the submission of white papers as...
This is a $7,921,200.66 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Rocket Lab USA Inc., doing business as Rocket Lab Space Systems, for a "Digital Engineering Approach for Archimedes Engine Development" project. The contract has an ultimate completion date of February 8, 2028. This award is not associated with a set-aside. The work will be performed in Long Beach, California. The contract was awarded under the AFRL Rocket Lab Hermes Broad Agency...
This is a $1,781,071.45 Firm Fixed Price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Hermeus Corp, a for-profit aerospace manufacturer based in Atlanta, Georgia. The contract is for research, design, and analysis of thermal protection systems and satellite communications radio terminal solutions for hypersonic airborne platforms. This contract work supports the AFRL's STRATEGIC ADVANCEMENTS IN RESILIENT SPACE TECHNOLOGIES FOR...
This is a federal contract award to Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA), a professional services firm headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia. The contract, awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), is for assessment and analysis services. The contract has a ceiling value of $732,318.13 and was awarded on December 14, 2018, with a completion date of January 25, 2020. The contract is a Delivery Order with a Cost Plus Fixed Fee pricing type. This award is not set...
This is a $2,787,734.00 Cost Plus Fixed Fee definitive contract awarded by the Electronic Systems Center of the U.S. Department of the Air Force to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation's Military Aircraft Systems division, doing business as Aerospace Systems. The contract is for PROJECT HERMES and has a completion date of March 31, 2025. It does not have a set-aside designation. Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation is a major defense contractor that provides advanced technological solutions...
This $8,766,000.00 firm fixed-price definitive contract was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) for the development of Thermal Protection Systems for Hypersonics. The contract has a completion date of November 25, 2024. This award is tied to a broader AFRL open broad agency announcement (BAA) that solicits white papers and proposals for advanced manufacturing research and technology development in areas such as additive...
This is a $17,685,710 cost plus fixed fee contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Cubic Defense Applications, Inc. CMS Secure Comms Division, doing business as CMS Secure Comms, for the development of HALO-Enabled Resilient Mesh (HERMES) technologies. This contract is not set aside and runs through February 3, 2027. The HERMES contract is part of AFRL's broader Next-generation Airborne Directional Networking research and development efforts, which seek to improve...
This is a $4,895,583.84 firm-fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Firehawk Aerospace Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Addison, Texas. The contract is for the development of advanced hybrid rocket engine technologies, leveraging Firehawk's expertise in innovative propulsion systems and 3-dimensional manufacturing techniques. The contract is not set aside and is part of the larger AFRL Rocket Lab Hermes Broad Agency...
This federal contract award, valued at $12,414,690.00, was issued under the Advanced Technology Support Program IV (ATSP4) indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The prime contractor is Lockheed Martin Corporation, Rotary And Mission Systems Division, a leading defense and aerospace company. The award is for a new task order to provide software, hardware, and systems engineering support across airborne intelligence, electronic...
This is a federal contract award to Systems Planning and Analysis, Inc. (SPA), a professional services firm based in Alexandria, Virginia. The contract, with a ceiling value of $1,972.76, is for advisory and assistance labor services. It is a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract with a period of performance through May 24, 2024. The contract was awarded by the Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), a defense agency responsible for countering weapons of mass destruction. SPA is an...