Delivery Order FA865013D2333-0004

This federal contract award is for an ENHANCED OPERABILITY SCRAMJET TECHNOLOGY (EOST) TASK ORDER, awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory to the prime contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. The contract has a ceiling value of $117,159.00 and is a Cost Plus Fixed Fee Delivery Order. It does not have a set-aside designation. As a prime contractor, Aerojet Rocketdyne has received this award for medium scale critical components direct connect combustor test support. Aerojet Rocketdyne is a...

This is a firm-fixed-price delivery order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center to Aerojet Rocketdyne of DE, Inc. under the Research and Technologies for Aerospace Propulsion Systems 2 (RTAPS2) indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract. The $5,035,539.00 task order is for subscale free-jet testing of a dual-mode ramjet (DMRJ) at low Mach conditions in NASA's 8-foot High Temperature Tunnel. The objectives are to assess the...

This federal contract award is part of the Research and Technologies for Aerospace Propulsion Systems 2 (RTAPS2) contract vehicle with the U.S. Department of Energy's Glenn Research Center. The $14,699,865.00 cost-sharing contract was awarded to General Electric Company (GE), specifically its GE Aviation division operating as GE Edison Works, to demonstrate turbofan engine power extraction capabilities. The goal is to achieve significant power extraction at relevant operating conditions from a...

This is a $158,884.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, a for-profit manufacturer, for the Enhanced Operability Scramjet Technology (EOST) task order. The order is not set aside. Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC has previously provided rocket motors, engineering services, and related components as a subcontractor to prime contractors such as Raytheon and Lockheed Martin. This order falls under a...

Auburn University has been awarded a $235,506 research grant by a federal civilian agency to develop and demonstrate integrated methane-rich and oxygen-rich pre-burners operating in conjunction with continuous detonation engines (CDEs). This project, titled "Methane/Oxygen Pre-Burner Integration for Promotion of Continuous Detonation Engine Integrated Rocket Cycle," represents an inaugural effort toward rocket engine power cycle integration at Auburn University's Combustion Physics...

The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $747,549 Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract to Nobel Works Corp (doing business as Nobel) on February 1, 2024, for development of a pulsed detonator system designed to enable scramjet engine ignition and combustion augmentation using on-board resources. This contract, designated as a Total Small Business set-aside with firm fixed-price terms, addresses SBIR Topic AF221-023 and represents continuation of innovative research...

The U.S. Air Force awarded a $2.485 million definitive contract to Innoveering LLC, a small business subsidiary of General Electric Company, on September 7, 2016, for Phase II of a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program focused on active control of scramjet engines. This cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, set aside for total small business participation, was performed in Ronkonkoma, New York, with an ultimate completion date of November 5, 2022. The award supports the Air Force's...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $562,886 firm fixed price definitive contract to Plasma Processes, LLC to support demonstration of a 1-newton thruster using the AF-M315E green monopropellant under the 1 NEWTON THRUSTER DEMONSTRATION USING ASCENT program. Performance will take place in Huntsville, Alabama over a period of 18 months concluding in December 2021. Plasma Processes will serve as the prime contractor and will be supported by...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $25,066 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract to Innoveering LLC, a small business, for the Dual Mode Ram Jet (DMRJ) Design Maturation program. Under this contract, Innoveering LLC will deliver maturation of the design for a dual mode ram jet engine with no set-aside designation applied. Place of performance will be in Ronkonkoma, New York and work is expected to be completed by January 24, 2020. The Research...

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,...