Definitive Contract N6554011C0012

This is a Phase II Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Balcones Technologies LLC, a small business based in Sun City, Texas. Under the contract, Balcones Technologies and the University of Texas Center for Electromechanics will further develop an advanced concept for megawatt-class, high-voltage, variable-frequency aircraft electric propulsor motors. This builds upon their prior successful Phase I STTR...

This federal contract was awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to the small business Inductive Ventures, Inc. for the development of Magnetic Braking Systems for Electric Aircraft Applications. The contract, valued at $149,659.00, is a firm fixed price purchase order under the STTR (Small Business Technology Transfer) Phase I program and was set aside for total small business participation. Inductive Ventures, as the prime contractor, will conduct...

This is a $239,806 firm fixed-price contract awarded by the Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC) to Balcones Technologies LLC, a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for a Phase I SBIR research and development project focused on developing novel rotating electrical machines for compact power with or without integrated energy storage. Balcones Technologies has prior experience conducting SBIR-funded R&D on brushless doubly fed motors for...

This is a $164,973 cost-sharing research and development contract awarded by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (DEVCOM) to General Electric Company's GE Research division. The contract is for a research and development, test and evaluation effort focused on all-electric, oil-free turbine generator set technology. The original solicitation was issued through a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) from the Army Research Laboratory seeking proposals across various scientific...

This federal contract was awarded by the Department of the Interior US Geological Survey Office of Acquisitions and Grants to the prime contractor, State Electric CO., doing business as State Motor & Control Solutions. The contract is for the reconditioning of an ABB variable frequency drive (VFD) at a firm fixed price of $6,042.81. No set-aside provisions were used. State Electric CO. is a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation that specializes in the distribution of electric motors, motor...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command to Toyon Research Corporation, a small business manufacturer located in Goleta, California. The $150,000 firm-fixed-price contract is to develop an electric motor with 20 horsepower continuous shaft output power, weighing 6 pounds or less, capable of operating from a 270 volt power supply, with high efficiency and the ability...

This federal contract was awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Diversified Technologies, Inc., a small business specialty electronics manufacturer based in Bedford, Massachusetts. The $748,890.36 Firm Fixed Price contract is for electric propulsion research and development work under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Program Phase III. As a set-aside for small businesses, the contract leverages Diversified Technologies' expertise in...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Test Center awarded a $2.8 million firm fixed price purchase order to ABB Inc. Electrification Division to replace obsolete motor load commutated inverter controls at Arnold Air Force Base. Under the contract, ABB will remove existing PSR2 controllers and install new AC800 PEC controllers and software to improve power factor and motor protection. The work will be performed in Cary, North Carolina over a three year period from September 2020...

This is a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Diversified Technologies, Inc., a specialty electronics manufacturer based in Bedford, Massachusetts. The $148,771 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of an electrodeless induction thrust system for electric propulsion, which falls under the AFRL's research and development efforts. As a SBIR Phase I award, the contract is set aside for small businesses....

NASA's Glenn Research Center awarded a $290,811.59 firm fixed-price purchase order to Magna-Power Electronics Inc., a manufacturer of programmable power supplies based in Flemington, New Jersey. The contract is for the procurement of two 250kW DC power supplies to enhance testing capabilities at the center's D-SITE and NASA Electric Aircraft Testbed (NEAT) facilities. This sole-source award, made under the authority of FAR 6.302-1, will support the agency's research and development initiatives...