This firm-fixed-price contract for $7,921,200.66 was awarded to Rocket Lab USA Inc., doing business as Rocket Lab Space Systems, by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The contract is for a digital engineering approach to the development of the Archimedes Engine.
The contract was issued under the AFRL Rocket Lab Hermes Broad Agency Announcement (BAA), which seeks to advance solid and liquid rocket propulsion technologies. Rocket Lab, as a leading provider of space launch and satellite systems, has secured numerous contracts with NASA and the Department of Defense for missions involving small satellite launch services and spacecraft components. This contract does not have a set-aside designation and has a period of performance ending on February 8, 2028.
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