Delivery Order FA820206D0001-0018

This federal contract award to the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) is for research on using progressive damage analysis (PDA) to predict impact damage and subsequent compressive residual strength of stiffened-skin composite panels representative of aircraft structures. The $1,102,035 cooperative agreement is funded by NASA and directly supports the agency's Advanced Composites Project within the Advanced Air Vehicles Program. The research aims to establish physics-based analysis tools...

The Defense Logistics Agency Aviation awarded Fatigue Technology, Inc., a Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary, a purchase order valued at $48,366.15 for 35 units of fuselage parts kits under National Stock Number 1560015979512. This firm fixed-price contract was awarded on September 29, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of May 11, 2026. The solicitation was designated as a Total Small Business set-aside, limiting competition to qualified small business concerns. Performance will take place in...

This firm fixed-price federal contract was awarded by NASA's Langley Research Center to the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) under the NASA Research Announcement (NRA) for the Advanced Composites Project (ACP). The $1,047,437 contract aims to extend the Discrete Damage Modeling (DDM) framework to predict fatigue life of rotorcraft structures, such as blade spars, through progressive damage analysis. The effort will validate the DDM methodology under fatigue loading by comparing results...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $1.4 million definitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation for CALE - CALL #2 - TOOLS FOR ASSESSING THE DURABILITY AND DAMAGE TOLERANCE OF FASTENED COMPOSITE JOINTS. Northrop Grumman Aeronautics Systems Division will serve as the prime contractor. Major subcontracts were issued to Vanderbilt University Sponsored Programs Administration, Global Engineering & Materials Inc., and the...

This is a $63,367.86 firm fixed price contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command to Fatigue Technology Inc., a manufacturer of aerospace components and repair services. The contract is for the repair of wings and is expected to be completed by July 17, 2024. Fatigue Technology Inc. is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., which also owns the Turtle Top brand. The award does not utilize any set-aside designations. As a prime contractor, Fatigue Technology Inc. has...

This federal contract award, with an ID of 6973GH25D00032 and 6973GH25F01049, was made by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Headquarters, a civilian agency, to Fatigue Concepts, a minority-owned, self-certified small disadvantaged business located in El Dorado Hills, California. The contract is a Delivery Order, with a Firm Fixed Price pricing type, valued at $28,159.00. The award is for FUND 28451 AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES FOR INSPECTORS, which is part of a larger Indefinite Delivery...

This federal contract award was issued by the Armstrong Flight Research Center, a civilian agency, to Empirical Systems Aerospace Inc. (Esaero), a for-profit aerospace engineering and manufacturing company. The purpose of the $154,437.40 firm-fixed-price delivery order is to provide testing of an X-57 cruise propulsion module in accordance with the "Cruise Motor & Cruise Motor Controller Performance Testing" performance work statement. This contract is part of the Small Business...

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 $5,861,711.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force to Arctos Technology Solutions, LLC (doing business as U T C), a for-profit limited liability company. The contract, titled "NEW START COLLABORATIVE RESEARCH THRUST 4 HIGH SPEED STRUCTURES," is for research and development work related to aerospace systems, propulsion technologies, materials science, and high-speed flight. Arctos is the prime contractor and has subcontracted a portion of the work to...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command awarded a firm fixed price contract to Fatigue Technology Inc., a manufacturer of aircraft component parts and maintenance services. The contract, valued at $145,835.70, is for wing repairs to be performed in Seattle, WA. Fatigue Technology Inc. is a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.'s Turtle Top division, which is a for-profit, veteran-owned business. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Fatigue Technology Inc. has previously...