Purchase Order FA864923P0808
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- This federal contract award to Velontra Inc., a small business, is for a feasibility study of an attritable/reusable supersonic/hypersonic unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) for autonomous collaborative platforms applications. The $74,947 firm fixed price purchase order is funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, Phase I. The work will be performed in Lebanon, Ohio and is set aside for total small businesses. Velontra has received...
- This is a $109,484 firm fixed price purchase order contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to the small business Velontra Inc. The contract is for a feasibility study on operationally relevant direct-connect testing to enable rapid, low-cost development of small, air-breathing propulsion systems. This STTR Phase I research contract is set aside for total small businesses. Velontra is a for-profit small business that provides research,...
- This is a $1,799,677 firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded to Velontra Inc., a small business based in Lebanon, Ohio, by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) program. The contract is for direct-connect altitude testing of a small, low-cost, afterburning gas turbine engine for potential use in future collaborative combat aircraft and/or supersonic munitions. This research and development work is set aside for total small...
- Velontra Inc. has been awarded a $74,652 firm fixed price purchase order contract by the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to conduct a Phase I Small Business Innovation Research feasibility study. The study will evaluate the design of a variable area nozzle for potential use on afterburner or ramjet propulsion systems for reusable unmanned aerial vehicles. Work under this total small business set aside contract will be performed in Cincinnati, Ohio through August 2023. The award is...
- This is a $750,000.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Velontra Inc., a small business based in Ohio. The contract is for the development of a prototype demonstrator of an afterburner/ramjet propulsion system for a small, reusable, supersonic and hypersonic unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) application. The work aims to advance critical propulsion technologies to support the U.S. Air Force's research priorities in...
- This is a Small Business Innovation Research (STTR) Phase I contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Velontra Inc., a small for-profit manufacturer based in Lebanon, Ohio. The $109,568 firm-fixed-price contract tasks Velontra with conducting a feasibility study on transitioning and integrating AFRL's Responsive Open-Source Engine (ROSE) technology for potential use in collaborative combat aircraft (CCA) and munitions applications. The contract has a completion date of...
- The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded Venus Aerospace Corp., a small aerospace technology startup, a $1.25M Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to develop a detonation engine powered rocket-based combined cycle propulsion system. The contract, which commenced on June 7, 2024, with an ultimate completion date of September 8, 2025, is structured as a firm fixed-price purchase order and carries a total small business set-aside designation. Work will be performed in...
- The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract valued at $1.24 million to Vaya Space, Inc., a small disadvantaged business manufacturer based in Cocoa, Florida, under a Total Small Business set-aside designation. The contract, awarded on July 9, 2025, with completion targeted for January 11, 2027, supports the development of a hybrid-fueled ramjet (HFRJ) propulsion system with throttleable and restartable capabilities for hypersonic...
- Venus Aerospace Corporation has been awarded a $746,249 firm fixed price purchase order by the Air Force Research Laboratory to conduct research on leading edge cooling technologies for hypersonic vehicles under STTR Phase II contract number TBD. The contract has a period of performance of just over one year, running from August 2021 through November 2022. Place of performance will be Venus Aerospace's facilities in Houston, Texas. This contract has been set aside for total small business...
- This is a $74,949 firm-fixed-price STTR Phase I contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to In Orbit Aerospace Inc., a small business manufacturer based in Torrance, California. The contract is for the development of onboard fault detection technologies for hypersonic vehicles. As a total small business set-aside, this award aligns with the AFRL's efforts to leverage innovative solutions from the small business sector for critical aerospace applications. In Orbit...
Velontra Inc. has been awarded a $74,652 firm fixed price purchase order contract by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to conduct a Phase I feasibility study of a two-stage-to-orbit launch system utilizing an air-breathing hypersonic first stage. The contract is set aside for total small businesses. Work will be performed by Velontra in Lebanon, Ohio through August 2023 to assess the viability of a reusable launch architecture incorporating an afterburner/ramjet-propelled unmanned aerial vehicle as the initial orbital insertion stage. This award builds upon Velontra's expertise in hypersonic propulsion systems developed through previous Small Business Innovation Research contracts with the Air Force laboratory.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $74.7k | 5/5/23 |