The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded a $34,538,560.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems Division, for the SPEED and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program. This contract, with a completion date of April 30, 2025, aims to design, build, certify, and fly an X-plane demonstrator to validate enabling technologies for transformational air mobility platforms that can achieve high speeds...
This is a $33,849,514.00 Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Piasecki Aircraft Corp, a for-profit aerospace manufacturer, to design, build, certify and fly an X-Plane demonstrator for the SPEED and Runway Independent Technologies (SPRINT) program. The contract has an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2025 and was awarded on October 31, 2023 under a non-SBIR/STTR program. The X-Plane demonstrator is intended to validate enabling...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $8,151,990.19 Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract to Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company, for the LOW COST ATTRITABLE AIRCRAFT PLATFORM SHARING (LCAAPS) effort. This delivery order contract was issued under the Aerospace Systems Air Platform Technology Research (ASAPTR) IDIQ vehicle. The contract aims to develop and demonstrate active flow control technologies and experimental aircraft...
This is a definitive federal contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company, for the Vertical Takeoff and Landing (VTOL) X-Plane Program Phases 2 and 3. The contract has a ceiling value of $89,444,166.00 and is a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract type. The contract is not set aside for any special designation. The VTOL X-Plane Program seeks to develop experimental aircraft with advanced vertical...
This federal contract award was issued by the Air Force Research Laboratory to Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company, for the development of low-cost attritable aircraft. The $499,410 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract has a completion date of December 19, 2016 and was awarded on December 17, 2015. The contract is not associated with a set-aside designation. As a prime contractor, Aurora Flight Sciences has experience supporting various Department of...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Armstrong Flight Research Center awarded a $2,568,492.79 firm-fixed-price definitive contract to Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation for X-Plane Risk Reduction Support. The contract has a completion date of September 28, 2018. Aurora Flight Sciences is a for-profit manufacturer and provider of research, engineering, prototype development, testing, and production services related to innovative aircraft, autonomous technologies, and other...
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...
This is a $86,556,773.32 cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract awarded by the Aeronautical Systems Center (part of the U.S. Air Force) to Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company. The contract has an ultimate completion date of April 30, 2019 and is not set aside for any specific business type. The contract falls under the ACAT III, BIG SAFARI, ORION programs, which indicate it involves the development and production of advanced unmanned aerial systems and...
This is a federal contract award from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company. The $1,932,757.00 contract is for the ASAPTR WING STRUCTURE DESIGN & MANUFACTURING (WISDM) project, which is a Delivery Order under the Aerospace Systems Air Platform Technology Research (ASAPTR) master IDIQ contract. The contract is for a Cost Plus Fixed Fee pricing type and does not have a set-aside...
This is a Cost Plus Fixed Fee SBIR Phase II contract awarded by the Department of Defense's Warner Robins Air Logistics Complex to Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company. The contract has a ceiling value of $1,362,768.27 and the ultimate completion date is November 5, 2017. The contract was set aside for small businesses and is part of the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) program. Under this contract, Aurora Flight Sciences will conduct research and...