Delivery Order NND15SA42B-80AFRC17F0106

Empirical Systems Aerospace Inc. (Esaero), a small business aerospace engineering firm, was awarded a $249,997.82 firm-fixed-price contract by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Armstrong Flight Research Center. Under this contract, Esaero will perform design and integration work in cooperation with NASA for the Scalable Convergent Electric Propulsion Technology Operational Researcher (SCEPTOR) project, which aims to retrofit a Tecnam P2006T aircraft with an electric propulsion system. The contract requires Esaero to develop and test safety-critical software for the cruise motor controller and battery management system to meet NASA standards, as well as provide test support for the cockpit display system and throttle encoder. This contract is associated with NASA's SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) program Phase III efforts.