This federal contract award to Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company, is for the Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors (CRANE) Program Phase 0 and 1 with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA). The $28,368,394.00 award will fund the design, build, and test of an experimental X-plane that incorporates active flow control as the primary design consideration. This work aligns with DARPA's objectives to advance innovative aerospace...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded a $12.4 million definitive contract to Georgia Tech Research Corporation for the Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors program. The objective of this program is to design, build, and flight test an experimental aircraft incorporating active flow control technologies to achieve quantifiable performance improvements. Metacomp Technologies was selected as a subcontractor to provide certain engineering efforts. Funding comes from...
This federal contract award to Lockheed Martin Corporation under the Phase 3 Aero-Adaptive/Aero-Optic Beam Control (ABC) program will conduct a full-scale flight test of an active flow control turret mounted on a business-class size jet. The $10,220,644.68 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), will validate the turret requirements, design, and predicted performance that were completed in Phase 2 using a scaled turret and flow control...
This is a $2,887,790 cost-plus-fixed-fee research contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Lockheed Martin Corporation for a DARPA research project. The contract has an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2025 and does not have a set-aside designation. The prime contractor, Lockheed Martin, will perform the work in Palmdale, California. Lockheed Martin has subcontracted a portion of the work to Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (Tees), a state...
This federal contract award is for scientific, engineering, and technical assistance to support the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Tactical Technology Office (TTO) for the Control of Revolutionary Aircraft with Novel Effectors (CRANE) program. The contract was awarded to Schafer Government Services, LLC, a division of Gryphon Technologies Inc., a defense and intelligence services provider, on a cost-plus-fixed-fee basis. The contract has a ceiling value of $5,899,994.63 and...
This is a $18,287,503.00 Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Lockheed Martin Corporation's Advanced Technology Laboratories Division, doing business as Lockheed Martin Aerostructures. The contract, which does not have a set-aside designation, is for a DARPA research project with a performance period through March 2027. As a major defense contractor, Lockheed Martin is known for its expertise in advanced technologies such as...
Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company was awarded a $238 million other transaction agreement by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to support research and development efforts. The contract has a period of performance from May 2016 through December 2023 to advance DARPA's research objectives. As the prime contractor, Lockheed Martin will perform the work in Palmdale, California. No subcontractors or set aside designations were identified. This award provides continued funding for DARPA's...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded a definitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract valued at approximately $676,559 to Lockheed Martin Corporation, doing business as Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, to support the agency's mission through applied research, advanced technology development, platform demonstrations, and systems studies across multiple domains. As the prime contractor, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics will perform work at its Marietta, Georgia facility from November 2022...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded Lockheed Martin Corporation a $3.53 million cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract to conduct the System Exploration of Engine Concepts (SEEC) program. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company will perform the work in White Settlement, Texas with a period of performance through November 2022. Major subcontractors include Rolls-Royce North American Technologies, Rolls-Royce Corporation, General Electric Company, and...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded Lockheed Martin Corporation, doing business as Lockheed Martin Missiles And Fire Control, a $1.165 million Other Transaction Agreement to prototype collaborative tactical autonomy for networked aircraft. As the prime contractor, Lockheed Martin will deliver capabilities to enable collaborative operations between multiple unmanned aircraft systems under this contract. The effort aims to advance the Air Force's...