Delivery Order FA865008D2806-0003

The Humphreys Engineer Center Support Activity, under the Department of the Army, awarded a definitive contract to BAE Systems Ordnance Systems Inc. for SERDP Project WP23-3578, "Advanced Propulsion Concepts for Large Diameter Tactical Rockets," on November 28, 2023, with a ceiling value of $1,075,143.88 under a cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing structure. The project objective is to develop and demonstrate an environmentally friendly propulsion system meeting current and future mission...

Technical Directions, Inc., a subsidiary of Kratos Systems and Solutions, Inc., received a $2.39M Other Transaction Order from the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) at Eglin Air Force Base on January 10, 2025, for the Propulsion Consortium Initiative 2.0 and Enterprise Test Vehicle Small Engine Prototype Agreement. The contract, which extends through June 30, 2026, will be performed at TDI's facility in Oxford, Michigan. The award supports advanced propulsion technology development...

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,...

This is a $5,127,673.00 delivery order contract awarded by NASA's Glenn Research Center to RTX Corporation's Pratt & Whitney division. The contract is part of the larger Research and Technologies for Aerospace Propulsion Systems 2 (RTAPS2) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle. The objective is for Pratt & Whitney to demonstrate a representative hybrid electric powertrain with at least 3 times the power of the current state-of-the-art, while meeting fault...

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...

The University of Alabama's Office for Sponsored Programs was awarded a $550,000 research grant by a civilian federal agency to develop an innovative hybrid rotating detonation engine (RDE) system optimized for rocket applications. The research initiative focuses on integrating an axial rotating detonation combustor with a radial RDE design, coupled with an aerospike nozzle configuration, to achieve significant reductions in engine weight while simultaneously enhancing overall performance...

This is a $66,907,815.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Raytheon Company for the development and demonstration of a Rotating Detonation Engine (RDE) propulsion system. The contract is part of DARPA's Gambit program, which seeks to enable standoff strike of time-critical targets from 4th generation fighter aircraft at campaign scale. The work will be performed in two phases over three years, with Phase 1 focusing on conceptual...

The Air Force issued a delivery order to Arctos Technology Solutions, LLC on March 31, 2021, under the Research Enabling Procurement for Aerospace Systems (REPAS) IDIQ for high-speed research and development, with a ceiling value of $9.23 million. REPAS is a $96 million research indefinite delivery vehicle supporting propulsion, power, and thermal management research through the Air Force Research Laboratory. The order is priced on a cost-plus-fixed-fee basis with no set-aside. Place of...

Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC (Tactical Propulsion and Controls Division), a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corporation, was awarded a $1.12 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory on October 13, 2017, for advanced post-boost technology development in support of the Advanced Rocket Technology program. The contract, which reached its ultimate completion date on January 29, 2021, was performed at the contractor's facility in Elkton, Maryland....

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...