This is a $1,299,803.00 Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract awarded by the Naval Air Warfare Center, a defense agency, to Spaceworks Enterprises Inc., a for-profit Subchapter S corporation operating as Spaceworks Engineering. The contract is for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II research project, with a performance period from June 2024 to July 2027. Spaceworks specializes in space technology development and has received numerous prime and subcontract awards from various defense and civilian agencies, including the Departments of Air Force, Navy, and Defense, as well as NASA. This contract is set aside for small businesses.
The contract award is also associated with a larger Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDV) contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory to Spaceworks, with a ceiling value of $2,239,272.79. Under this IDV, Spaceworks continues to develop and refine launch vehicle concepts and technologies for the Air Force, building upon earlier-phase SBIR work. The company has also received a significant $869,764 fixed-price grant from NASA's Shared Services Center to develop a guided recovery variant for its atmospheric reentry devices, aligning with NASA's goals of developing cost-effective technologies for recovering payload capabilities from expendable launch vehicles and space-based assets.
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