Training Grant 80NSSC17K0191
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- This is a $19,202 grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Purdue University, a non-profit educational institution, to explore the development of high-performance additively manufactured rotating detonation rocket engines. The grant does not have a set-aside designation. Purdue University, as the prime contractor, will conduct research and testing to advance this rotating detonation rocket engine technology, which can provide improved performance for space...
- This federal contract award to Purdue University, an institution of higher education and research, supports the modeling and investigation of Rotational Detonation Engines (RDEs). RDEs are an alternative to conventional liquid rocket engines, operating via detonation rather than constant pressure combustion. The $284,628.02 award from NASA's Shared Services Center will develop a quasi-one dimensional model to predict the performance of RDEs across different geometries and operating conditions....
- This is a federal grant award by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Purdue University for an experimental and computational study of a modular rocket RDE (rotating detonation engine) operating under various mixing conditions. The $199,035.51 grant has a period of performance through May 14, 2023 and is focused on designing a combustor with optical access to study the flow field and enable accurate modeling at low computational expense. Purdue University, as a prime...
- Purdue University has been awarded a $550,000 grant by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to investigate rotating detonation combustion for space engines using reduced toxicity hypergolic propellants. Purdue will lead this research effort as the prime contractor, partnering with Small Business in Space LLC. The research is to be conducted in West Lafayette, Indiana over a three-year period concluding in January 2023. No set-aside designation or additional context...
- Purdue University received a $206,675 research grant from a civilian federal agency's Shared Services Center, awarded August 16, 2021, with performance completed by February 26, 2025, at the university's West Lafayette, Indiana campus. The grant supports research on Rotating Detonation Engines (RDEs) for space propulsion applications. RDEs represent an alternative combustion approach to traditional constant-pressure combustion systems, operating instead as pressure-grain combustion engines. This...
- This federal contract award to Purdue University, a non-profit educational institution, is for the development of rocket engines capable of deep throttling, defined as being able to operate at less than 25% of their maximum thrust. This represents a dynamic range of 4:1 or better, which is extremely valuable for precision maneuvers requiring substantial delta-V. The award, contract number 80NSSC19K1161, has a ceiling value of $311,367.00 and an ultimate completion date of July 31, 2023. The...
- This is a grant award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Purdue University, a prominent public research university, to conduct an experiment measuring the wave attenuation characteristics of two-phase flows for application to rotating detonation engines (RDEs). The award, valued at $292,617.24, began on August 15, 2020, and is scheduled for completion on May 10, 2024. Purdue University, as a 1862 Land Grant College and other not-for-profit educational institution,...
- This firm-fixed price purchase order contract was awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Purdue University, an educational institution, to advance the development of solid-fueled rotating detonation engines. The potential value of the contract is $180,000.00 and the period of performance runs through July 14, 2023. This award does not utilize a set-aside program. As a research-focused university, Purdue has a long history of supporting U.S....
- This federal contract award from the Shared Services Center (SSC), a civilian agency, is for the "Optimization of Device Geometry for Rotating Detonation Engines" project. The $336,000.00 grant for research was awarded to Purdue University, a prominent 1862 Land Grant College and other not-for-profit educational institution with extensive experience in federal contract and grant awards. The contract has no set-aside designation. Purdue University will be the prime contractor,...
- This is a federal contract award to Purdue University, an institution of higher education and research located in West Lafayette, Indiana. The contract, awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center, is a $223,493.58 training grant to expand the understanding of flame structure and chemistry of composite solid rocket propellants using planar laser-induced fluorescence and infrared laser-absorption techniques. The work will focus on a basic propellant of...
This federal contract award to Purdue University is for a graduate-level research thesis focused on improving the efficiency of rotating detonation engines by utilizing aerospike nozzle technologies. Rotating detonation engines are a type of pressure-gain combustion system that can provide up to 15% higher specific impulse compared to conventional rocket engines, making them applicable to launch vehicle propulsion systems. The research will investigate the effects of an aerospike nozzle on detonation wave formation in the rotating detonation engine, as well as the ability to thrust-vector the engine by canting the aerospike. This $140,126.50 training grant awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Shared Services Center does not have a set-aside designation and is aimed at developing practical rotating detonation engine capabilities for launch vehicle applications.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| P00004 | Funding Only Action | ($9k) | 8/28/20 | |
| Not listed | ($9k) | 8/28/20 | ||
| Not listed | $35.0k | 7/11/19 | ||
| P00003 | Funding Only Action | $35.0k | 7/11/19 | |
| P00002 | Other Administrative Action | $0 | 2/7/19 |