This is a $124,776 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Mohawk Innovative Technology, Inc. for the development of a single-shaft, low-cost, long-life, maintenance-free modular turbogenerator scalable from 1 to 100 kilowatts for human exploration of the Moon and Mars. The turbogenerator design leverages Mohawk's expertise in oil-free, high-speed rotating machinery using compliant foil air bearing...
This federal contract award was issued by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Scaled Power Inc., doing business as Scaled Power, a technology company developing innovative power sources. The $149,999.00 contract is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I action for the "TECHNOLOGY ENHANCEMENT FOR SMALL RECUPERATED TURBOALTERNATOR" project, with a firm fixed price pricing type and a completion date of January 15, 2020. The contract...
This is a USD 124,751 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to ATA Engineering, Inc., a small business based in San Diego, California. The contract is focused on developing novel aerodynamic devices to improve the efficiency of small-core turbines for future subsonic transport aircraft. Key objectives include mitigating losses from tip leakage and secondary flows in these turbines, while accounting for their...
This is a firm fixed-price delivery order contract awarded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Civil Works to Alstom Power Inc., a subsidiary of the General Electric Company (GE), to conduct a vibration study on Unit 5. The contract has a potential value of $361,972.22 and a completion date of February 26, 2021. There was no set-aside designation used for this award. As a subcontractor, GE Renewable Energy Canada Inc., a foreign-owned subsidiary of GE Renewable Energy, provided functional...
This federal contract award to Mohawk Innovative Technology, Inc. is for an "Innovative Turbine Engine Propulsion Study and Final Report Deliverable" under the U.S. Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory. The $149,935 purchase order contract has a firm fixed price and was set aside for total small business participation. Mohawk Innovative Technology is a manufacturer of goods that specializes in oil-free, high-speed rotating machinery using compliant foil...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a firm-fixed-price STTR Phase II purchase order to Experimental Design & Analysis Solutions, Inc. (doing business as Apex Turbine Testing Technologies), a small business manufacturer, for $499,993.47. The contract is for the development of machine learning algorithms to analyze part variability for predictive maintenance of turbine engines. Apex Turbine Testing Technologies has prior experience in vibration analysis...
Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc., through its Florida Turbine Technologies division, has received a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order valued at $17,124,706 from the Department of the Air Force. Under this contract, Florida Turbine Technologies will perform the integration effort associated with the Efficient 50 SHP Class Recuperated Turbine Engine program, designated XTE711/STI1. No set-aside provisions or subcontractors were specified for this effort to support the Air Force's turbine engine...
NASA awarded a delivery order contract valued at $94,077 to National Institute Of Aerospace Associates for a mechanically coupled concept study to support the Versatile Electric-powered Augmented Turbine Engine program. Under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, National Institute Of Aerospace will perform work at its Hampton, Virginia location from September 2021 through May 2022. Two subcontracts were issued in support of the prime contract, including one to HS Advanced Concepts LLC to identify...
This is a $760,464 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Mohawk Innovative Technology, Inc. under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II program. The contract is for the design, development, and delivery of 3D printed compressor-turbine sets with internal cooling for use in advanced turbine engine applications. Mohawk Innovative Technology is a small business manufacturer of high-speed rotating machinery using compliant foil...
Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc. was awarded a cost-sharing delivery order valued at two hundred fifteen thousand four hundred twenty-eight dollars ($215,428) by the Department of the Air Force. Under this contract, Florida Turbine Technologies will conduct research and development on efficient small scale propulsion technologies with fifty shaft horsepower or less. Work will be performed in Jupiter, Florida and is scheduled to be completed by May 2021. No subcontractors or set-aside...