Delivery Order FA865013D2334-0001

This award to Cascade Technologies Inc., a small business, is a $124,941 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center. The goal is to develop methods combining machine learning, high-fidelity computational fluid dynamics simulations, and efficient engineering techniques within a risk-aware optimization framework to enhance the design of safe and high-performing scramjet propulsion systems. This...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $1.25M firm fixed-price contract to Physical Sciences Inc., a small business based in Andover, Massachusetts, to develop metal ceramic matrix composite joining techniques for scramjet assemblies of arbitrary sizes. This Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) award, designated as a total small business set-aside, will be performed in Andover through June 30, 2027. The work addresses advanced materials integration challenges critical...

The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $1.25 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to MRL Materials Resources LLC for the agile manufacturing of segmented scramjet nozzles. The contract, awarded September 7, 2023, with completion targeted for December 1, 2026, is structured as a cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract under a total small business set-aside designation. Performance will be conducted at MRL's facility in Xenia, Ohio, where the company will...

The U.S. Air Force awarded Spiritech Advanced Products, Inc. a definitive contract valued at $704K on November 12, 2020, for enhancements to the Scramjet/Ramjet Heat Exchanger Analysis Tool (SRHEAT). This cost-plus-fixed-fee contract supports the development and improvement of analytical capabilities for hypersonic propulsion systems, which are critical to advanced Air Force research and development initiatives. The work will be performed in Tequesta, Florida, with a completion target of May 31,...

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 contract was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Cascade Technologies Inc., a small business, to develop large-eddy simulation (LES) tools for predicting and understanding combustion instabilities in liquid-propellant rocket engines. The $124,952 firm-fixed-price STTR Phase I contract aims to advance computational fluid dynamics (CFD) capabilities in areas like real-fluid extensions, validation, and multiphase formulation to...

Vaya Space, Inc., a small business, was awarded a $1.24 million firm fixed-price contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory on July 9, 2025, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract is designated as a Total Small Business set-aside and focuses on developing a hybrid-fueled ramjet (HFRJ) throttleable, restartable hypersonic missile propulsion system designed to strengthen anti-access/area denial (A2/AD) penetration capabilities. Work will be...

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...

This is a Phase II research contract awarded by NASA to Stanford University under the Cooperative Agreement NNX16AM14A. The objective is to further advance the feasibility assessment of matrix-stabilized combustion as a low-emission and fuel-flexible combustion strategy for gas turbines. The research efforts will focus on testing the performance of the technology using liquid fuels at elevated pressures, demonstrating the newly developed burner concept, conducting pore-resolved simulations,...

This federal contract award is for medium scale critical components direct connect combustor test support, valued at $8,281,443.00. The prime contractor is Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., a manufacturer of advanced defense and commercial aerospace technologies. There is no set-aside designation for this award. The funding agency is the Department of the Air Force. Major subcontractors include Calspan Systems Corp, Micro Craft Inc., and Atlantic Precision, Inc., which have provided specialized...