This is a Small Business Set-Aside contract awarded by the Armstrong Flight Research Center, a civilian agency, to Rolling Hills Research Corporation for a Definitive, Firm Fixed Price Phase II STTR contract valued at $600,000.00. The contract is for the development of a "reusable, oxidizer-cooled, hybrid aerospike rocket motor for flight test", which will utilize the cooling properties of nitrous oxide (N2O) to enable reusable operation of an aerospike nozzle in conjunction with an...
This is a $749,859 Solid Rocket Motor (SRM) design contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to CFD Research Corporation, a small business specializing in aerospace engineering and simulation. The contract aims to develop an advanced multiphase modeling framework to simulate the dynamics and accumulation of slag within SRMs, in order to improve thrust prediction, propellant efficiency, and assessment of potential orbital debris hazards. The work is being...
This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, a for-profit manufacturer of goods including rocket motors and related components. The contract is for $98,654.00 and is for a Peregrine 2.0 Sustainer Motor Design Review statement of work. No set-aside was used. Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC has previously served as a subcontractor providing rocket motors,...
This is a delivery order contract awarded by the U.S. Army's Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., a manufacturer of rocket propulsion technology. The $476,812.74 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is for research and development services related to advanced solid propellant and rocket motor technologies, including direct connect testing of integrated rocket solid fuel ramjets, development of minimum signature solid propellants, and testing of...
This is a delivery order contract awarded by the Air Force Sustainment Center, a defense agency, to Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation, for the production of rocket motors. The contract has a ceiling value of $31,000,374.85 and a period of performance ending on May 31, 2019. The contract was not set aside for any socioeconomic program. Major subcontractors include Paramount Plating Co Inc. for case blasting, coating, and painting services in...
This is a Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to ATK Launch Systems LLC, a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation. The $1,114,044.47 contract, titled "AEROSHELL AFFORDABLE MANUFACTURING", is for the provision of various rocket motor and propulsion-related services, such as static fire testing, propellant properties analysis, igniter dissection, and engineering studies. The contract has no set-aside designation. Major subcontractors...
This is a delivery order issued by the U.S. Army Materiel Command Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., a manufacturer of rocket propulsion systems, under a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. The $2,481,092.74 award is for research and development services related to advanced solid propellant and rocket motor technologies, including direct connect testing of integrated rocket solid fuel ramjets, development of minimum signature solid propellants, and...
This contract award, W31P4Q16D0001|0004, is a delivery order issued to Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., a manufacturer of goods specializing in rocket propulsion technology, by the U.S. Army Materiel Command's Program Executive Office for Missiles and Space. The $397,889.64 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is for research and development services related to advanced solid propellant and rocket motor technologies, including direct connect testing of integrated rocket solid fuel ramjets, development of...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $124,953.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Physical Sciences Inc., a for-profit R&D company, to develop a regenerative cooling architecture and manufacturing method for a combined ceramic matrix composite (CMC)/metal structure for rocket nozzles. The objective is to reduce structural mass and improve specific impulse to enable larger payload fractions and lower mission costs. The proposed...
This federal contract award to Aerojet Rocketdyne Of DE, Inc., a division of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc., is for the development of prototypes of the AR1 Rocket Propulsion System (RPS) to support the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) program managed by the Department of the Air Force Space Command Space and Missile Systems Center. The $340,181,603.00 contract, awarded on February 29, 2016, is an Other Transaction Agreement with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2025....