The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $74,957 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Airspace Experience Technologies, Inc. for the "Transforming Mobility with First Modular Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (EVTOL) Aircraft" project. This contract is set aside for small businesses. The award date is May 14, 2024, and the ultimate completion date is August 19, 2024. The place of performance is Detroit, Michigan. This contract supports the AFRL's efforts to...
<p>The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $149,990 Small Business contract to Launchpoint Technologies, Inc. (doing business as Magnetic Moments) for the development of reliable and lightweight polyphase motor and drive solutions for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) propulsion systems. This STTR Phase I contract is a firm fixed-price purchase order with a completion date of May 28, 2021. The contract was set aside for small businesses.</p>
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a definitive contract valued at $2,449,965 to Lift Aircraft Inc. Lift Aircraft Division. The firm fixed price contract is for research related to furthering the domestic electric vertical take-off and landing industry and technology progress under the Small Business Innovation Research Program Phase II initiative. The work will be performed in Austin, Texas over a three year period concluding in June 2023. The award has...
This is a $149,932.00 firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Launchpoint Technologies, Inc. (doing business as Magnetic Moments) for the development, systems integration, and flight testing of an 80 kilowatt hybrid electric aircraft propulsion system. The contract is a Small Business set-aside and was awarded under the STTR Phase I research program. The work is to be performed in Goleta, California and is scheduled for...
The U.S. Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $150,000 Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I firm-fixed-price purchase order to Research In Flight LLC, a small business aerospace engineering company. The contract is for the development of "Electric Scalable Aerial Transport", which aligns with Research In Flight's expertise in providing modeling, simulation, and analysis services related to computational fluid dynamics and aerodynamic...
This is a STTR Phase II firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Advanced Rotorcraft Technology, Inc. (doing business as Advanced Technology Inc.), a small business. The $749,950 contract is for applying the FLICERT design and certification tool to original equipment manufacturer (OEM) electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) applications. The work is to be performed in Fremont, California, with a completion date of December 13, 2024. This...
This is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Hinetics LLC, a small business, for $149,890.00. The contract is for the development of modeling tools and a control scheme to improve the performance of electrical vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) powertrain systems. This work is being conducted under the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase I research program, which provides funding for collaborative...
This is a $74,566.00 firm fixed-price SBIR Phase I purchase order awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Traverse Aero Corporation, a small business manufacturer, for the development of a hybrid-electric electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) cargo drone. The contract has a period of performance through April 17, 2025 and is a set-aside for small businesses. This contract is part of AFRL's research and development efforts to advance eVTOL technology for potential military...
This is a firm fixed price purchase order awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Advanced Tactics Inc., a manufacturer of goods, for the development of a heavy-lift multi-mission hybrid multi-copter. The contract was awarded on a total small business set-aside basis under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) or Small Business Technology Transfer Research (STTR) programs, with a potential value of $149,989.00. The contract was performed in...
This federal contract award is for electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) flight test research and development, with a ceiling value of $353,243. The contract was awarded to Airspace Experience Technologies, Inc., a for-profit organization and manufacturer of goods, by the United States Air Force Defense Finance and Accounting Service (USAF DFAS). The contract does not have a set-aside designation and is an Other Transaction Agreement with an Other pricing type. The contract period of...