This federal contract award is for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) / Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I research and development project focused on a rapid process for ultra-high-temperature ceramic matrix composite (UHTCMC) thermal protection systems. The prime contractor is Technology Assessment And Transfer, Inc., a small business that specializes in developing and commercializing advanced materials for defense, biomedical, and industrial applications. The...
The U.S. Air Force Test Center (AFTC) awarded a Firm Fixed Price purchase order contract to Materials Research & Design Inc. (Mr&D), a for-profit subchapter S corporation based in Wayne, Pennsylvania, to analyze specified Mach 14 hardware at the Arnold Engineering Development Complex (AEDC) Hypervelocity Wind Tunnel No. 9 Facility. The contract has a ceiling value of $74,819 and is scheduled for completion by February 28, 2025. This award is not set aside for any specific business...
This is a $154,997.87 firm fixed-price SBIR Phase I research and development contract awarded by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to Utron Kinetics LLC, a minority-owned, small disadvantaged business. The contract is for the development of non-eroding, high-temperature propulsion nozzle materials capable of withstanding 2,800 degree Celsius oxidizing environments using advanced refractory ceramic matrix composites. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation and is scheduled...
This is a $11,837,924.00 firm fixed-price research and development contract awarded by the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) to Huntsman International LLC, doing business as Huntsman Advanced Materials - Hatc Aerospace & Defense. The contract was issued under the MDA's Innovation, Science & Technology (IS&T) Broad Agency Announcement, which seeks innovative science and technology research projects supporting missile defense capabilities. The contract has an ultimate completion date of...
This is a $99,987.80 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the U.S. Department of Defense's Troop Support agency to M4 Engineering, Inc. for research and scale-up of resin processes for aerospace carbon-carbon composite structures. The contract, which has a completion date of February 28, 2023, is a firm fixed-price purchase order set aside for small businesses. M4 Engineering is a for-profit Subchapter S corporation that specializes in computational modeling,...
This is a $1,702,559.00 cost plus fixed fee definitive contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Ultramet, a for-profit manufacturing company, for the "Materials Architectures and Characterization for Hypersonics (MACH)" program. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Ultramet, which has extensive experience as a prime and subcontractor on federal R&D contracts, will provide research, development, testing, and fabrication services for...
This is a $1,848,522.00 definitive contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Materials Research & Design Inc. (Mr&D), a small business subchapter S corporation based in Wayne, Pennsylvania. The contract is for the provision of materials and processing services in support of expendable hypersonic vehicles. The contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee arrangement with a period of performance through February 7, 2022. This contract award is not designated as a set-aside....
This is a task order award under the MOC3HA (Multiple Order Contracts for Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear & Explosives) contract vehicle. The $6,999,900.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory to Battelle Memorial Institute, a nonprofit research and development organization, for research and development work related to advanced materials like carbon-carbon composites. The task order does not have a set-aside designation. Battelle has...
This federal contract award, valued at $2,278,814.27, was issued to Molyworks Materials Corp, a small business manufacturer, by the U.S. Air Force Materiel Command (AFMC) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract is for Phase II development and additive manufacturing of landing gear components, building on previous SBIR Phase I work. This contract is a Firm Fixed Price definitive contract with a performance period ending on June 3, 2025. The award is a Total Small...
This is a $5,054,908.00 delivery order contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Battelle Memorial Institute, a non-profit research organization, to accelerate the processing of carbon-carbon (C/C) composites for hypersonic applications. The contract includes several subcontractors, such as The Boeing Company, Southern Research Institute, Carbon Carbon Advanced Technologies, Inc., and others, who will provide specialized research, development,...