This is a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center to Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit manufacturer. The contract, valued at $2,590,125.00, is for the extended turbine operability evaluation of a turbine-based combined cycle (TBCC) research vehicle concept utilizing water injection. The objective is to verify that an off-the-shelf turbine can operate at higher than...
This is a $998,899 firm-fixed-price contract awarded by NASA's Glenn Research Center to Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc., a foreign-owned manufacturer, for the design of an Advanced Closed Brayton Convertor (ACBC) system capable of producing 10 to 25 kilowatts of continuous electric power to support space nuclear power capabilities. The contract is part of NASA's "Fission Surface Power Advanced Closed Brayton Convertor (FSP-ACBC) System" solicitation under the Space...
This is a task order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center to Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer. The 12-month task order, valued at $913,519.00, is for research and development to develop an advanced single-aisle commercial aircraft concept with a target entry into service in 2035. The work is focused on several innovative technologies to improve the aircraft's environmental performance,...
This federal contract award is a task order under the Research and Technologies for Aerospace Propulsion Systems 2 (RTAPS2) indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center (GRC). The $129,520.59 task order was awarded to Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer, to investigate the mechanisms of ice crystal icing inside turbofan engines as part of NASA's...
Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc. was awarded a definitive contract valued at approximately $1.18 million by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Armstrong Flight Research Center. The objective of this firm fixed price contract is to assist NASA in reducing the risk and cost of potential future flight demonstration procurements that support mid- and far-term community outcomes. Work will be performed by Rolls-Royce in Indianapolis, Indiana over a six-month period...
This is a cost-plus-incentive-fee definitive contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Glenn Research Center to a prime contractor for revolutionary aerospace engine research. The objective is to develop, demonstrate, and verify advanced propulsion system technologies as part of NASA's ongoing, long-term aerospace research program. The contract scope includes analytical and experimental investigations covering a wide variety of propulsion and power systems,...
This is a Federal contract award to Empirical Systems Aerospace Inc. (Esaero), a for-profit aerospace engineering and manufacturing company, to conduct a series of R&D activities for the development and demonstration of an autonomous flight controller for aircraft with distributed electric propulsion (DEP). The $749,145 contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), is a Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II effort that will leverage modeling,...
This federal contract award, valued at $98,595.00, was issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Glenn Research Center to Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc., a foreign-owned, for-profit manufacturer of goods. The contract has a firm fixed-price structure and an ultimate completion date of September 30, 2025. The award is not associated with a set-aside program. Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc. is a subsidiary of the British multinational...
This is a $124,977 firm fixed-price Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to CFD Research Corporation, a small business specializing in engineering simulations and innovative designs. The contract is for the development, validation, and demonstration of a variable-fidelity multi-physics framework for aeropropulsoservoelastic (APSE) simulations of supersonic vehicles. This builds upon CFD Research's...
This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Smartgridz, Inc. (also doing business as Netss) for the development of a "Dynamic Monitoring and Decision Systems (DYMONDS) Framework" to model and control aircraft electric power systems. The $749,276.00 firm fixed-price contract aims to advance NASA's aeronautics goals through innovative electric propulsion solutions. As...