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Maglev Aero Inc., a small business based in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, was awarded a $149,768 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract on September 29, 2025, to develop HYDRATE, a zero-emission direct-drive parallel hybrid turbofan engine designed for personal jets. The award, designated as a Total Small Business set aside and structured as a firm fixed-price definitive contract, supports research and development efforts through the ultimate completion date of March 27, 2026....

NASA has awarded a $122,528 firm fixed price Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to TGV Rockets Inc., a minority-owned small disadvantaged business, to develop a modular pump based on the company's electrocycle motor technology to support the ground testing of nuclear thermal propulsion (NTP) systems. NTP is an advanced propulsion concept that NASA is pursuing for potential human missions to Mars. The research aims to address NTP start-up transients, evaluate design...

Liquidpiston, Inc., a small business manufacturer based in Bloomfield, Connecticut, was awarded a $1.7M Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract by the Army's Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) on April 20, 2022. The contract, designated SBIR Phase II Year 1 Topic A19-166, focuses on advanced electronic propulsion engine development and is structured as a firm fixed-price definitive contract with a total small business set-aside designation. The award...

Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (ACT), a Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based small business specializing in thermal management solutions, was awarded a $870K Phase II contract by the Civilian agency (via its Shared Services Center) on June 23, 2023, to develop a passive two-phase thermal management system for Hall thrusters. The contract, designated as a Total Small Business set-aside under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, operates under a firm fixed-price structure with a...

The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $170,778.74 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Aeromarine Consulting Inc., a small disadvantaged business, for the development of the company's patented parallel hybrid turbine electric propulsion system under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I Topic AF233-0004. This contract is set aside for small businesses and is related to the Air Force's research and development efforts for advanced aircraft propulsion systems,...

Hinetics LLC, a small business specializing in advanced electric propulsion technologies based in Champaign, Illinois, has been awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract valued at $849,379 to develop a tail propulsor generator for NASA's Susan sub-scale flight demonstrator. This total small business set-aside contract, awarded on May 19, 2023, represents a continuation of the company's participation in NASA's electric propulsion research initiatives. The work is...

The U.S. Air Force awarded Piasecki Aircraft Corp an Other Transaction Agreement valued at $197.6M to conduct research, development, testing, experimentation, and prototyping of the Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES) unmanned aerial system and hydrogen fuel cell power generation and propulsion system. The contract, awarded on September 12, 2023, with an ultimate completion date of August 10, 2026, will be performed in Essington, Pennsylvania. This award represents a significant...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Hinetics LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, for the development of a very high specific power integrated electric turbofan propulsion system. The key innovation is the use of high fundamental operating frequencies (3-10 kHz) and a mostly air-core electromagnetic architecture to increase power density and efficiency. This technology aims to enable more...

NASA's Glenn Research Center awarded General Electric Company (GE Research division) a $799,625.55 firm fixed-price definitive contract on June 9, 2023, for the development and demonstration of a 10 kilowatt, 50,000 revolutions-per-minute switched reluctance generator system. The generator is designed for integration with NASA's nuclear electric propulsion Brayton system and will be performed at GE's Schenectady, New York facility, with a completion deadline of February 28, 2026. The...

Concurrent Technologies Corp, a Pennsylvania-based nonprofit applied research and development organization, has been awarded an Other Transaction Agreement by Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLCMC) Robins Air Force Base for the Next Generation Powerhead Prototype II and Testing program. The contract, valued at approximately $4.95 million and awarded on November 29, 2022, requires performance in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, with an ultimate completion date of September 25, 2026. This...