<p>The Aeronautical Systems Center awarded an other transaction order to Beehive Industries LLC for the Propulsion Consortium Initiative 2.0: Small Expendable Turbine — Family of Affordable Mass Munitions Prototype on February 23, 2026, with a ceiling value of $29.696 million.</p>
<p>The contract calls for prototype development under the Small Expendable Turbine program, with an ultimate completion date of February 22, 2030. Place of performance is Greenwood Village, Colorado.</p>
NASA Glenn Research Center awarded a $2.17 million definitive cost-sharing contract to RTX Corporation's Pratt & Whitney division on October 1, 2021, for Phase 1 of the Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core (HyTEC) project. The work is being performed in Hartford, Connecticut and is scheduled for completion by February 28, 2025. This contract supports NASA's Advanced Air Vehicles Program, which aims to accelerate development of small turbofan engine core technologies capable of delivering a...
Hyper TECH Research Inc., a small business based in Columbus, Ohio, was awarded a $750K Definitive Contract on July 30, 2021, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II to develop high power density induction motors and drives for aircraft propulsion. This firm fixed price contract, funded by a Civilian agency through the Shared Services Center, carries an ultimate completion date of July 29, 2026, and represents a continuation of the company's specialized work in...
Advanced Cooling Technologies Inc. (ACT), a Lancaster, Pennsylvania-based small business specializing in thermal management solutions, was awarded a $870K Phase II contract by the Civilian agency (via its Shared Services Center) on June 23, 2023, to develop a passive two-phase thermal management system for Hall thrusters. The contract, designated as a Total Small Business set-aside under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, operates under a firm fixed-price structure with a...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $1.5 million Other Transaction Agreement to Hermeus Corp. to provide COVID-19 Defense Innovation Board Turbine-Based Combined Cycle Engine Integration services. The contract will support integrating a turbojet-ramjet into a turbine-based combined cycle engine. Hermeus Corp. will perform the work in Doraville, Georgia over an 18-month period concluding on July 6, 2023. The contract utilizes other pricing arrangements...
This SBIR Phase I contract, awarded by the Shared Services Center to Combustion Research & Flow Technology Inc. (Craft-Tech), a small business, is focused on unifying existing high-fidelity simulation software tools into an integrated framework to predict aero-heating, ablation, thermal response, and structural integrity for re-entry vehicles under a full range of trajectory conditions. The $124,997 firm fixed-price contract aims to advance Craft-Tech's hybrid continuum-rarefied simulation...
This federal contract award to Taitech, Inc., a minority-owned and woman-owned small business, supports the U.S. Air Force's efforts to develop high-speed air-breathing propulsion and advanced airframe technologies for hypersonic flight capabilities. The $2,505,000.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract was awarded on January 29, 2021 with a completion date of June 2, 2023. It is part of a larger $3.2 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract titled "Technology...
Taitech, Inc., a minority-owned, woman-owned aerospace contractor, was awarded a delivery order valued at $4.1 million by the U.S. Air Force on February 3, 2023, for the development of high-speed air-breathing propulsion systems and advanced airframe structures/component concepts. The contract is not set-aside designated, reflecting Taitech's competitive standing in the aerospace research and development sector. Work is performed in Beavercreek, Ohio, with an ultimate completion date of May 4,...
This is a Phase II SBIR contract awarded by NASA's Shared Services Center to Hyper TECH Research Inc., a small business located in Columbus, Ohio. The $899,999 Firm Fixed Price contract is for the development of high power density motors and generators for single and double aisle passenger aircraft using multifilamentary high purity aluminum coils at cryogenic temperatures (20K). The contract is a follow-on to earlier Phase I SBIR work and is intended to further advance electric propulsion...
The U.S. Department of Defense awarded an Other Transaction Agreement valued at $9.1 million to Texas A&M Engineering Experiment Station (TEES) on August 22, 2022, for the University Consortium for Applied Hypersonics Research prototype project. The effort focuses on hypersonic air-breathing engine design and control for high maneuverability and operational robustness, with performance expected by June 21, 2026. Work will be conducted in College Station, Texas, where TEES maintains its...