Purchase Order FA865107M0180

NASA Glenn Research Center awarded General Electric Company's GE Aviation division a $2.35 million cost-sharing definitive contract on October 1, 2021, for Phase 1 of the Hybrid Thermally Efficient Core (HyTEC) project, with performance concluding by May 31, 2026, at the company's Wyoming, Ohio facility. This award responds to a pre-solicitation notice issued in October 2020 seeking industry collaboration to accelerate development of small turbofan engine core technologies capable of...

NASA's Glenn Research Center awarded General Electric Company's Aviation division a $68.1 million definitive contract on February 15, 2024, for the HyTEC Phase 2 Small Core Technology Demonstration program. This cost-sharing arrangement, which extends through February 2029, will support industry collaboration to develop and demonstrate advanced technologies for small turbofan engine cores. The program objectives include achieving a 5-10% fuel burn improvement over 2020 best-in-class single-aisle...

Hartzell Engine Technologies LLC, doing business as Kelly Aerospace Energy Systems, was awarded a $1.07 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command to develop a turbocharger for small aviation diesel engines under Topic A18-019. The award, issued on January 30, 2020, with an ultimate completion date of July 30, 2022, is structured as a cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract and carries a Total Small...

Maglev Aero Inc., a small business based in Hopkinton, Massachusetts, was awarded a $149,768 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract on September 29, 2025, to develop HYDRATE, a zero-emission direct-drive parallel hybrid turbofan engine designed for personal jets. The award, designated as a Total Small Business set aside and structured as a firm fixed-price definitive contract, supports research and development efforts through the ultimate completion date of March 27, 2026....

The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a definitive contract to Minco Technologies LLC on October 7, 2025, for the development of a Modular Operationally Resilient Fuel-Flexible Extreme-Efficiency Unmanned Aerial System Engine System. The contract, valued at $13.6 million, operates under a cost-plus-fixed-fee structure and will be performed in Cookeville, Tennessee, with an ultimate completion date of October 9, 2028. This effort supports the Air Force's advanced propulsion technology...

Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc., operating under its Kratos Turbine Technologies Division, was awarded a delivery order contract by the U.S. Air Force on September 22, 2021, for the Reliable High Efficiency Small Turbine Engine (RHESTE) program. This cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order carries a ceiling value of $8.1M and is scheduled for completion by April 30, 2026. The work will be performed at the contractor's facility in Jupiter, Florida. The contract was awarded through full and open...

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Creare LLC, a small engineering research and development company based in Hanover, New Hampshire. The contract, valued at $124,569, is for the development of a new cryocooler technology to enable superconducting systems for turboelectric aircraft. The goal is to extend the temperature range of Creare's existing cryocooler design to provide cooling down to 15...

Advanced Innovative Engineering (UK) Limited was awarded a $2.13 million firm fixed-price definitive contract by the U.S. Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command on September 16, 2022, for the design and development of a heavy fuel Wankel rotary engine. The contract, with an ultimate completion date of November 28, 2025, calls for the development of a novel lightweight compact engine capable of operating on JP-8 fuel with specific performance parameters including a...

This federal contract award is for the development of a RELIABLE, HIGHLY EFFICIENT SMALL TURBINE ENGINE. The $10,480,302.00 contract was awarded on November 2, 2016 to Florida Turbine Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions, Inc. The contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order awarded by the U.S. Air Force. Florida Turbine Technologies is a manufacturer of turbine engine technologies and components, providing engineering services to government agencies....

This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command to Spytek Aerospace Corp, a small business manufacturer. The $167,476.59 firm fixed price contract is for research and development of a "High Efficiency Advanced Turboshaft 20 to 30 HP, Using Advanced Materials and Processes for Low SFC, Noise and Weight." The goal is to develop a lightweight, low fuel consumption,...