Purchase Order FA864921P0627

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was awarded a $679,669 cooperative agreement on September 1, 2023, to conduct research on managing the collective behavior of Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) systems. The project, titled "Competition, Cooperation, and Coordination: Managing the Collective Behavior of Advanced Air Mobility Systems," will be performed in Cambridge, Massachusetts and is scheduled for completion by August 31, 2026. The research addresses the transformation of...

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 to Continuum Dynamics Inc. is part of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Deliver program, which aims to bring decades of aeronautics knowledge to the emerging Urban Air Mobility (UAM) industry. The $123,731 firm fixed-price contract supports research and development to enhance rotary-wing aeroacoustics analysis with new modeling capabilities for predicting the noise of distributed electric propulsion (DEP) aircraft. This is a critical...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Embedded Dynamics LLC, a small disadvantaged business, for the development of a flight maneuvering system for distributed electric propulsion on tiltwing aircraft. The contract, valued at $124,994, focuses on the analysis and design of tiltwing vehicles that can perform vertical takeoff and landing as well as efficient lift-borne flight through the use of...

The Air Force issued a delivery order to DCS Corporation on November 16, 2021, for autonomous control systems technology research and development, with a $19 million ceiling and performance through March 1, 2027. The delivery order is issued under a Cost Plus Fixed Fee pricing structure. Place of performance is Franconia, VA. The effort encompasses research and development, integration, and testing and evaluation of component, subsystem, and system-of-system aerospace control technologies across...

This is a firm-fixed-price contract awarded by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Technical Center to Flight Level Engineering LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business. The contract, valued at $1,085,642.72, is for flight demonstrations to support the certification of advanced flight controls on Part 23 aircraft. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. The purpose is to DEVELOP A METHOD OF COMPLIANCE TO SUPPORT CERTIFICATION OF ADVANCED FLIGHT CONTROLS IN GENERAL...

This is a $146,988.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract issued by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Langley Research Center to the National Institute of Aerospace Associates (NIA), a non-profit research organization. The contract is for a sensitivity analysis of the technology requirements for electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft to support urban air mobility (UAM) missions, including both intra-city and inter-city flights. The analysis is intended to...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center awarded a $242,838.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order to the National Institute of Aerospace Associates (NIA), a non-profit research and graduate education institute, to conduct analysis on the potential impacts of emerging electric and autonomous propulsion technologies on future regional transportation systems in the United States. The analysis aims to develop preliminary tools and conduct case studies to...

Schneider Electric USA, Inc. was awarded a delivery order on December 3, 2021, valued at $535,483.71 on a firm fixed-price basis for electrical distribution equipment supporting the Detroit Metropolitan Wayne County Airport (DTW) Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) Control and Power Distribution System (CPDS) Phase 2 project, with work to be completed by August 4, 2025. This is an unclassified, civilian contract with no set-aside designation, awarded through full and open competition as a child...

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded a $218,000 firm fixed-price delivery order to Schneider Electric USA, Inc. for the Centralized Power Distribution System (CPDS) Electrical Distribution Equipment Upgrade at the Atlanta Air Traffic Control Tower (ATCT) in Hapeville, Georgia. This delivery order, issued on March 24, 2023 with an ultimate completion date of May 24, 2024, represents work performed under an FAA facilities and equipment program vehicle. The contract was awarded without...