Purchase Order FA864925P0159

Endeavor Composites, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business located in Knoxville, Tennessee, has been awarded a $1,147,081.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract from the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory. This contract, set aside for small businesses, is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II and focuses on accelerating the development of reinforced carbon-silicon carbide (C-SiC) heat shields for hypersonic...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $107,099 Cooperative Agreement to Electroimpact Inc., a leading manufacturer of aerospace tooling and automation, for the High-Rate Composite Aircraft Manufacturing (HICAM) project. The goal of this project is to demonstrate manufacturing approaches and associated technologies that enable a 4-6x production rate increase for large composite airframe structures without cost increases. As the prime contractor, Electroimpact will...

Fiber Materials Inc. has been awarded a $442,413 firm fixed price delivery order from NASA Ames Research Center to provide flight thermal protection systems for science, exploration, and technology development missions. As a division of Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc., Fiber Materials will produce Phenolic Impregnated Carbon Ablator materials, fiberform billets, thermal protection system test specimens, and associated tooling. Performance will take place at the awardee's Biddeford, Maine...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Endeavor Composites, Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business based in Knoxville, Tennessee. The $74,695 fixed-price contract is for research and development to adopt automotive out-of-autoclave manufacturing techniques to achieve speed and cost savings for attritable aircraft components. The contract has a completion date of April 17, 2025 and is set aside...

This is a firm fixed price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center to Fiber Materials Inc., a division of Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc. The contract is for the fabrication of at least 22 fiberform billets and the phenolic impregnated carbon ablator (PICA) infusion of those billets. The contract also includes a report summarizing the results of lot acceptance testing. The contract has a potential value of $174,375.05 and a...

This is a $989,709.00 federal contract awarded by the Naval Air Warfare Center (NAVAIR) to Composites Automation LLC, a small business located in Newark, Delaware. The contract is for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II research and development effort focused on composites manufacturing and materials research. The contract has a cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing type and a completion date of June 22, 2021. Composites Automation has received over $2.4 million in prior federal...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company. The $124,914 firm-fixed-price contract will fund a comprehensive analysis of the benefits of using hybrid composites, consisting of carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs), in future aircraft structures. The analysis will leverage Aurora's existing data from...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Kaneka Aerospace LLC, doing business as Applied Poleramic, Inc. (API), in the amount of $745,850.00. The contract is for the development of a novel low-viscosity, long pot-life infusion resin to be used with automated dry fiber placement (ADFP) product preforms. The goal is to achieve cured performance similar to unidirectional Hexcel 8552 prepreg parts,...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Kaneka Aerospace LLC (doing business as API) for the development of a novel low viscosity, long pot-life infusion resin to be used with automated dry fiber placement (ADFP) product preforms. The goal is to achieve cured performance similar to that of unidirectional Hexcel 8552 prepreg parts, with improved fracture toughness and reduced production time for...

This is a delivery order awarded by NASA's Ames Research Center to Fiber Materials Inc., a division of Spirit AeroSystems Holdings, Inc. The $89,623 firm-fixed-price contract is for post-weaving manufacturing support for the Heatshield for Extreme Entry Environment Technology (HEEET) project. Fiber Materials Inc. is a leading manufacturer of advanced composite materials, including thermal protection systems, for aerospace applications. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Fiber...