The U.S. government's Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC) awarded a $615,311.47 firm fixed-price definitive contract to Western Propeller Pacific LTD to overhaul four Hamilton Standard 24PF propellers. The propellers were manufactured between 1970-1980 and require overhaul. This contract award did not utilize a set-aside designation. The original pre-solicitation notice, 80AFRC22SS012, sought capability statements and rough order of magnitude estimates from all socioeconomic categories of...
This delivery order was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Research Center (NASA) to Lockheed Martin Corporation, doing business as Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, for $131,642.93. The order calls for the prime contractor to conduct a study and written assessment on advanced technologies for hypersonic airbreathing propulsion systems for aerospace vehicles. Specifically, Lockheed Martin will identify its existing analytical competencies and technical gaps...
This federal contract award to Flight Works, Inc., a for-profit manufacturing company, is for the development of a propulsion system with multi-mode and refueling extension capabilities. The contract, awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory, has a firm fixed price of $137,727.00 and a completion date of August 21, 2023. The contract is not set aside for any specific business type. Flight Works, Inc. has a history of providing high-performance, refuelable...
This federal contract award, with a ceiling value of $47,832.75, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center to the National Institute of Aerospace Associates (NIA), a non-profit research institute, to perform computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis on a "blown wing" aircraft configuration with distributed electric propulsion (DEP). The goal is to evaluate the aero-propulsive performance characteristics of this DEP wing design,...
Lockheed Martin Corporation, doing business as Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company Division, has been awarded a $13.1 million delivery order contract by the U.S. Air Force Materiel Command Aeronautical Systems Center for quick engine change assemblies in support of the HC/MC-130 Recapitalization Aircraft program. The firm fixed price order runs from April 2020 through May 2022 and will be performed in Marietta, Georgia by Lockheed Martin and major subcontractors including GKN Aerospace...
This is a task order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center (GRC) to Williams International Co., L.L.C. (Willc) for preparations to integrate the WJ38-15 turbine engine with a combined cycle engine large-scale inlet for mode transition experiments (CCE-LIMX). The task order includes providing a cycle deck executable, redesigning and fabricating an oil mist lubricated rear bearing for the WJ38-15 engine, delivering a control system and related...
This is a $2,839,424.71 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Naval Air Warfare Center to Lockheed Martin Corporation for research and development of propulsion and power technologies for naval aviation. The contract is not set aside for any specific business category. It is funded under the Fiscal Year 2020 Propulsion and Power Technology Development Program Broad Agency Announcement, which seeks to advance aircraft power systems, fuel technologies, operational energy, propulsion system...
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 $1,998,664.00 firm fixed-price delivery order was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center to Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, a subsidiary of Lockheed Martin Corporation. The contract is for the Extended Turbine Operability Evaluation for a Turbine-Based Combined-Cycle (TBCC) Research Vehicle Concept Utilizing Water Injection. This work supports research and development of advanced aerospace propulsion technologies. The delivery...
This is a firm fixed-price contract awarded by the Armstrong Flight Research Center (AFRC), a civilian agency, to Whittinghill Aerospace LLC, a small business manufacturer, for $204,154.14. The contract is for the manufacture of a new wing for AFRC's scaled, twin-fuselage glider to support future, heavier gross weight flight tests. The contract includes an option for AFRC to purchase an identical, second wing. This contract is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside and is part of...