This is a $1,099,997.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Fracturelab LLC, a small business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract is for materials qualification for 4 blades in turbine engines. The contract has a completion date of December 26, 2022. This award is a follow-on to previous SBIR research and development work. The SBIR program focuses on stimulating technological innovation in small...
<p>This is a $149,885.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Mound Laser & Photonics Center, Inc., a limited liability company. The contract is for the development of low-cost, controlled depth, simulated cracks in turbine engine components. The contract has a firm fixed price and was awarded on June 12, 2015, with a completion date of March 14, 2016.</p>
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Department of the Army to Fracturelab LLC, a for-profit limited liability company. The contract is focused on the "RAPID, LOCAL CHARACTER OF THE FATIGUE CRACK GROWTH BEHAVIOR" and has a total potential value of $874,958.00. The contract was awarded on June 6, 2017 and is set to be completed by November 6, 2020. The contract was awarded as a Definitive Contract with a Firm Fixed Price pricing type.
<p>This is a firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Fracturelab LLC, a small business located in Fruit Heights, Utah. The contract, valued at $149,992.00, is for the rapid, local characterization of the fatigue crack growth behavior. The contract has a completion date of April 3, 2017. As this is a total small business set-aside contract, Fracturelab LLC is the prime contractor and there are no major subcontractors mentioned.</p>
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $1.5 million firm fixed price purchase order to Blade Diagnostics Corporation of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as part of Phase II of the Small Business Innovation Research program. The contract period is from February 15, 2022 to May 16, 2023 and involves research to lower sustainment costs for integrally bladed rotors on the F135 aircraft engine through the use of smart blend technology. The place of performance is...
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $745,412 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Blade Diagnostics Corporation, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, to continue development of the SMARTBLEND non-destructive evaluation technology. The SMARTBLEND system is designed to lower sustainment costs for integrally bladed rotors, particularly those used in the F135 turbofan engine that powers the F-35 aircraft. This contract follows previous SBIR...
This is a $49,857.00 firm fixed-price contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Non-Contact Technologies LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase I. The contract is for developing a methodology to properly assess high cycle fatigue risks in bladed disks due to asymmetric vane-induced vibration. This research aligns with AFRL's work on turbine engine components and monitoring the health of...
This is a $49,778 firm fixed price purchase order awarded to Blade Diagnostics Corporation, a self-certified small disadvantaged business manufacturer, by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Program. The contract is to support research and development of the company's Smartblend non-destructive evaluation technology for the F135 4th stage fan in order to reduce sustainment costs for the F135 engine powering the F-35 aircraft. This Phase...
The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $1.02M firm fixed-price purchase order to Blade Diagnostics Corporation, a Pittsburgh-based small disadvantaged business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II action. The contract, set aside for small businesses, supports the development and validation of in-situ inspection technologies for aircraft engine inlet systems and first-stage fan integrally bladed rotors (IBRs). Work will be performed in Pittsburgh,...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a Firm Fixed Price contract to Blade Diagnostics Corporation, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for a COVID-19 DIB OPEN CALL FOR INNOVATIVE DEFENSE-RELATED DUAL-PURPOSE TECHNOLOGIES/SOLUTIONS WITH A CLEAR AIR FORCE STAKEHOLDER NEED, with a potential value of $499,729.00. The contract is part of the SBIR Program Phase II Action and involves the development and application of Vibratory DNA tools and...