Purchase Order FA945323PA001

This is a firm fixed-price purchase order awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to the small business prime contractor CU Aerospace L.L.C., doing business as CU Aerospace LLC. The $149,956.45 contract is for the development of a "LAUNCH HARDENED UNIVERSAL PAYLOAD INTERFACE FOR MODULAR COMPONENTS AND ARCHITECTURES" under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Program Phase I. As a total small business set-aside, this award supports the growth of CU Aerospace, a company that specializes in aerospace research, development, testing, and evaluation services for government agencies like NASA, the Missile Defense Agency, and DARPA. CU Aerospace's expertise includes propulsion systems, spacecraft components, sensors, navigation, and combustion technologies, which are likely relevant to the current contract's objectives.