This $74,624 firm-fixed-price Phase I SBIR contract was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Firehawk Aerospace Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business in Texas. The contract is for research and development of Firehawk's hybrid rocket engine technologies, which aim to provide safe, reliable, and cost-effective propulsion solutions for the Department of the Air Force and Department of the Army. Firehawk has previously received SBIR Phase III awards from the Army...
This is a firm-fixed-price SBIR Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Firehawk Aerospace Inc., a small disadvantaged business based in Texas. The $1,249,622 contract is for the development of 3-dimensional printed propellant-based propulsion systems that aim to provide superior mission capability and affordability. The contract builds upon Firehawk's prior SBIR Phase I research and represents the transition of their innovative hybrid rocket engine...
This is a $4,515,000.00 firm fixed-price definitive contract awarded by the Department of the Army to Firehawk Aerospace Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Addison, Texas. The contract is for the advanced manufacturing of munitions under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase III program. The contract has an ultimate completion date of September 4, 2025. Firehawk Aerospace specializes in advanced aerospace and defense manufacturing, particularly hybrid...
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 $1,799,981.00 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Hybird Space Systems LLC, a small business based in Huntsville, Alabama. The contract is for the development of hybrid propulsion systems for low-cost and scalable tactical rocket motors under the STTR Phase II program, a set-aside for small businesses. The contract has an ultimate completion date of June 26, 2026, and is part of AFRL's efforts to advance spacecraft...
This is a $748,560.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Ghkn Engineering, LLC, a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II program. The contract is for the feasibility testing of a Rotating Detonation Rocket Engine (RDRE) using storable hypergolic bipropellants. The contract has a completion date of June 4, 2025. This SBIR Phase II award follows a previous Phase I effort, and is intended to advance the...
This is a firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Spytek Aerospace Corp, a small business manufacturer of aerospace systems, components, and materials. The $750,000 contract is to develop 70 and 200 pound thrust "attritable" engines, which are low-cost, expendable engines for unmanned aerial systems. This award is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which provides research and development funding to small...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Hyperion Aerospace LLC, a woman-owned small business. The $74,858.00 contract is for the development of an additively manufactured 22N ascent thruster under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) program, Phase I. The award has a total small business set-aside designation and an ultimate completion date of August 19, 2024. Hyperion Aerospace LLC is the prime contractor for this contract.
This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory to Astrobotic Technology Inc., a small business prime contractor. The $189,934.02 contract is for the design and testing of rocket engines under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) program, Phase I. As a small business set-aside, this contract aligns with the AFRL's efforts to support innovative research and development by smaller enterprises. Astrobotic, a Pittsburgh-based space robotics...
This federal contract award, FA881415C0007, was issued by the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) of the U.S. Air Force. The $2,997,002 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract was awarded to the small business UES Inc. for "Technology Maturation for Rocket Engine Component" development work. The contract has a period of performance through February 2019. As subcontractors, the contract includes work with Aerojet Rocketdyne on "Digital Foundry for Additive Manufacturing", the...