This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by NASA to Combustion Research & Flow Technology Inc. (Craft-Tech), a small business specializing in computational fluid dynamics (CFD) services. The contract, valued at $749,999, aims to develop a software toolkit that can accurately predict nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions and other pollutants in gas turbine engines and generators within the context of unsteady CFD simulations. This is part of NASA's efforts to...
This is a $749,970 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Aerodynamic Solutions, Inc., a minority-owned small business. The contract is focused on improving gas turbine operability using optimized novel casing treatments, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II program. The contract has a total small business set-aside designation. Aerodynamic Solutions, Inc. is a California-based company with a focus on advanced...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Physical Sciences Inc. (PSI), a for-profit R&D company located in Andover, MA. The $149,238 firm-fixed-price contract is for the development of a "FRACTAL HEAT EXCHANGER FOR GAS TURBINE PRE-COOLING", a technology that could improve the efficiency of gas turbine engines. PSI has extensive experience supporting various government agencies through contract and...
This is a USD 124,751 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to ATA Engineering, Inc., a small business based in San Diego, California. The contract is focused on developing novel aerodynamic devices to improve the efficiency of small-core turbines for future subsonic transport aircraft. Key objectives include mitigating losses from tip leakage and secondary flows in these turbines, while accounting for their...
This is a task order awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center (GRC) to Williams International Co., L.L.C. (Willc) for preparations to integrate the WJ38-15 turbine engine with a combined cycle engine large-scale inlet for mode transition experiments (CCE-LIMX). The task order includes providing a cycle deck executable, redesigning and fabricating an oil mist lubricated rear bearing for the WJ38-15 engine, delivering a control system and related...
This is a $726,265 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory to Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, for the ADVANCED COMPONENT COOLING DESIGN AND EVALUATION FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINES project. This contract is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II and has a completion date of April 22, 2019. The contract involves the design and evaluation of advanced cooling components for gas...
This is a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Glenn Research Center to Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc., a foreign-owned for-profit manufacturer. The contract, valued at $2,590,125.00, is for the extended turbine operability evaluation of a turbine-based combined cycle (TBCC) research vehicle concept utilizing water injection. The objective is to verify that an off-the-shelf turbine can operate at higher than...
This is a SBIR Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to N&R Engineering Management & Services Corporation, a minority-owned small disadvantaged business. The $791,389.00 contract funds research to determine the performance gains and weight reductions from using ceramic matrix composite (CMC) turbine blades in the high pressure turbine (HPT) and low pressure turbine (LPT) of turbofan engines. The work includes...
Turbocombustor Technology, Inc., doing business as Turbocombustor Technology, has been awarded a $145,551 delivery order by the Department of the Air Force Air Combat Command to provide OEM flameholder repair services. The firm fixed price contract has a period of performance from August 11, 2023 through September 25, 2023 and will be performed in Stuart, Florida. As the prime contractor, Turbocombustor Technology will deliver flameholder repair for the Air Force's combat aircraft, helping to...
This federal contract award, valued at $833,577.00, was issued by the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to Component Repair Technologies, Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation located in Mentor, Ohio. The contract is a firm fixed price delivery order for the repair and upgrade of Power Turbine Cases for the Navy's LM2500 gas turbine engines, which are used in the Surface Combatant Generic Modernization program. Component Repair Technologies, Inc. holds a single award indefinite...