Definitive Contract W31P4Q15C0007

This is a SBIR Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Actasys Inc., a small business, to develop and test a module containing an array of synthetic jet actuators (SJA) for active flow control (AFC) technology on commercial aircraft. The 18-month, $749,999 firm-fixed-price contract involves collaboration with the University of California, Los Angeles, the University of Michigan, and The Boeing Company to improve actuator power output and prepare...

This federal contract award was issued by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Empirical Systems Aerospace Inc., doing business as Esaero, a for-profit aerospace engineering and manufacturing company. The $2,999,147 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is for a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) effort titled "PROJECT CAPTURE: CAPTURING AERIAL PAYLOADS TO UNLEASH RELIABLE EXPLOITATION." The contract has a total small business set-aside designation and is set...

Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc. (Esaero), a small business manufacturer, was awarded a $124,973 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to develop a methodology for flight control algorithm design featuring distributed electric propulsion (DEP) on a modified Cirrus SR22T unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The study will leverage low-order aerodynamic simulation, dynamics modeling, wind tunnel testing, and flight testing...

This firm fixed-price delivery order was awarded by the Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC), a civilian agency, to Empirical Systems Aerospace Inc. (Esaero) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase III. The $813,620.32 contract requires Esaero to design and plan a test and evaluation program to develop requirements, techniques, tools and procedures for testing tightly integrated propulsion-airframe-integration (PAI) systems, specifically those employing a...

This is a $122,030 firm fixed price contract awarded by the Shared Services Center, a civilian government agency, to Empirical Systems Aerospace Inc. (Esaero) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for a design iteration of Esaero's ECO-150 split wing turboelectric distributed propulsion (TEDP) concept, incorporating lessons learned in propulsion and thermal management system research. The effort will examine three separate propulsion system architectures,...

Empirical Systems Aerospace Inc. (Esaero) was awarded a $124,907.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to develop an Integrated Autonomous Controller (IAC) with Health State Awareness (HSA) capabilities for distributed electric propulsion systems. The IAC will be integrated with a custom hexacopter test platform owned by Esaero and demonstrated in flight with simulated fault events at...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Prioria Robotics, Inc., a for-profit manufacturing company located in Gainesville, FL. The contract, valued at $125,000.00, is for the conceptual and initial design of a novel architecture for aeroservoelastic control of aerospace vehicles. The proposed innovation aims to enhance robustness to unmodeled dynamics through a distributed sensing, computing,...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $149,927 firm fixed price purchase order to Piasecki Aircraft Corp (PiAC) for a Shape Memory Alloy Actuators for ARES (Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System) Morphing Duct Study. This STTR Phase I research and development contract is set aside for small businesses. PiAC is a R&D firm that specializes in the design, fabrication, and testing of experimental rotorcraft and unmanned air vehicles. Through prior prime...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Spaceworks Enterprises Inc. for the development of a thrust-oriented combined cycle propulsion system for high-speed flight systems. The definitive, firm fixed-price contract has a total ceiling value of $2,013,874.00 and is set to be completed by September 16, 2025. Spaceworks, a for-profit Subchapter S corporation, will perform the work at its facility in...

This is a $1,497,637 SBIR Phase II contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Dynamic Structures & Materials, LLC, a small business based in Franklin, TN. The contract is for the development of a "FLIGHT TESTED INTEGRATED GUIDANCE ELECTRONICS PACKAGE" and was awarded under DARPA's Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which provides funding for research and development of innovative technologies. The contract has a period of...