Delivery Order FA865008D2806-0017

The Air Force Research Laboratory issued a delivery order to Amentum Technology, Inc. on February 1, 2020, for Rocket and Propulsion Technology Research (RAPTR) services, with a ceiling value of $167.9 million and an ultimate completion date of January 31, 2029. This delivery order is issued under the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services (OASIS), a government-wide multiple-award indefinite delivery vehicle. RAPTR is a cost-plus-fixed-fee research and development effort supporting...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

This is a $999,919.65 federal contract awarded by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to Propulsion Science & Technology Inc., a woman-owned small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for research and development on the "Effects of Hardbody-Plume Interactions on Radar Returns," with a period of performance ending on June 30, 2021. This is a cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract that was set aside...

This federal contract award was granted to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), a private research university located in Troy, New York. The $214,485 grant, titled "EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATION INTO ADVANCED PROPULSION FORTH GENERATION SPACE TRANSPORTATION," was awarded on April 12, 2001 by an unspecified federal agency for research related to advanced space propulsion technologies. The contract does not have a set-aside designation, indicating that RPI competed for and secured this...