The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a single-award indefinite delivery contract to Calspan Systems, LLC for enhanced operability scramjet technology. The potential value of the contract is $48.5 million to be delivered through multiple task orders over a five-year period from 2013 to 2018. The first task order is for systems engineering and design support for cold start technologies with a value of $4.058 million to be performed in Bohemia, New York...
This federal contract IDV was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, a for-profit manufacturer of goods including rocket motors and related components. The $48.5 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) is for the Enhanced Operability Scramjet Technology (EOST) program, which involves research and development related to advanced propulsion systems for hypersonic and ramjet applications. Under this IDC, AFRL has issued multiple...
The Department of the Air Force awarded a single-award indefinite delivery contract to Innovative Scientific Solutions Inc. (Issi) with a potential value of $44.2M to provide technology for sustained supersonic combustion. Issi has received four cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery orders under this contract from the Departments of the Air Force and Army totaling $29.6M to conduct high-speed research of diagnostic techniques, fundamental concepts, structural/airframe design, and air-breathing...
The federal contract IDV award is for the Joint Economical Sled Track Rocket (JESTR) Project, awarded by the Naval Air Warfare Center (NAVAIR) to the prime contractor Aerojet Rocketdyne Inc. This $98.5 million Other Transaction Agreement (OTA) supports research, development, testing, and evaluation of advanced rocket propulsion technologies, with a focus on specialized areas such as Solid Fuel Ramjet (SFRJ) fuel testing, Highly Loaded Grain (HLG) production, and High Performance Propulsion (HPP)...
The federal contract IDV awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to the Regents of the University of Michigan is a $1,000,000 Other Transaction (OT) agreement for the development of the HALL EFFECT LOW-ALTITUDE ENGINE WITH OXYGEN-COMPATIBLE SELF-NEUTRALIZATION (HELEOS) system. This OT agreement, which does not utilize any set-aside, aims to advance research and development in alternative propulsion technologies for low-altitude applications. The University of Michigan, a...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc. a $173,974 Other Transaction IDV on July 14, 2023 for the ELSKY Research Program. As a division of Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings, Inc., Aerojet Rocketdyne's Space Systems will conduct research and development under DARPA's ELSKY program. No set-aside provisions were applied to this award. The ELSKY program aims to advance technologies for low-cost access to space. Under the IDV, Aerojet Rocketdyne will provide research,...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) titled "Advanced Aerospace Systems Technology Research" (AASTR) to RTX Corporation, doing business as Pratt & Whitney, for a total ceiling value of $400,000,000 over a period of 5 years. The AASTR program aims to research, develop, demonstrate, and transition new aerospace vehicle technologies, designs, and integrated systems that will provide advanced capabilities to the Air Force across current and...
The federal contract IDV awarded by the Naval Air Warfare Center (NAVAIR) to Innoveering LLC, a subsidiary of General Electric Company, is a Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II research and development (R&D) related to active control of scramjet engines. The BOA allows for the issuance of future delivery orders to further advance Innoveering's specialized aerospace and defense technology capabilities, including energy, power, and propulsion...
This indefinite delivery contract (IDC) was awarded by the U.S. Air Force to Taitech, Inc., a minority-owned and woman-owned business specializing in aerospace technologies and engineering services. The $31.6 million contract, titled "Technology for Sustained Supersonic Combustion (TSSC)," aims to identify, develop, mature, and demonstrate technologies enabling reusable hypersonic capabilities exceeding Mach 3 for intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and strike platforms by 2028...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded an Other Transaction (OT) Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDV) contract to Verdego Aero Inc., a for-profit manufacturing organization, with a potential value of $1,050,580.00. The contract is for the design and development of a blended turbofan powerplant, which involves blending hardware design. The OT IDV contract does not utilize any set-aside requirements and was awarded on June 16, 2023. The scope of the contract aims to procure the...