This indefinite delivery contract, awarded by the Langley Research Center (a civilian federal agency), is focused on conducting basic and applied research, technology development, systems analyses, and systems integration in airborne and ground-based systems critical to flight safety, management, and control. The prime contractor, Architecture Technology Inc., a small business, will be responsible for defining operational and system requirements, and delivering engineering and research results...
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...
This indefinite delivery contract awarded by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory to RTX Corporation's Pratt & Whitney division aims to advance turbine engine technology through the Advanced Turbine Technologies for Affordable Mission-Capability (ATTAM) Phase I program. The single-award, $250 million IDIQ contract has a period of performance through September 2023. Under this vehicle, the Air Force has issued multiple delivery orders to Pratt & Whitney, a major aerospace and defense...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Ames Research Center awarded a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation, operating as the Office of Sponsored Programs, for rotorcraft vertical lift technology development services. The $39.95 million contract has a five-year base period through December 2026 and enables NASA to issue firm-fixed price and cost-reimbursement task orders for engineering, research and...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Ames Research Center awarded Lockheed Martin Corporation a single-award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with a potential value of $49.35 million to provide research and development services for advanced aircraft technology. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company serves as the prime contractor. The contract aims to procure research, analysis, testing, and other services to support NASA Ames' aeronautics programs. Nine...
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin Corporation, a leading global aerospace and defense company, a multiple-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) titled the "Advanced Aerospace Systems Technology Research" (AASTR) program. This $400 million IDC has an ultimate completion date of April 4, 2028 and allows the Air Force to efficiently procure a range of advanced aerospace technologies, designs, and integrated systems through task orders. Under the AASTR IDC, the Air Force...
The Department of the Air Force awarded an indefinite delivery contract titled "Research Enabling Procurement for Aerospace Systems (REPAS)" to the University of Dayton Research Institute Division, a non-profit organization. This $96 million IDIQ contract is intended to advance propulsion, power, and thermal management technologies through component design, development, subsystem integration, and testing. Under this IDIQ, a $3.84 million delivery order was awarded for research and...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center awarded a $30 million multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract to Advanced Technologies, Inc., a small business aerospace engineering company, for the design, fabrication, and development of mechanical and electrical hardware models incorporating smart materials and rapid prototyping processes to support NASA's aeronautics research and space exploration initiatives. This IDIQ contract...
The federal contract IDV with ID NNL10AA06B was awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Langley Research Center to Lockheed Martin Corporation, doing business as Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Company, for the Structures, Materials, Aerodynamics, Aerothermodynamics and Acoustics Research and Technology (SMAAART) program. The contract has a ceiling value of $399,960,000 and a period of performance from April 2010 to November 2015. It is a multiple award, indefinite...
The Research Enabling Procurement for Aerospace Systems (REPAS) IDV was awarded by the Department of the Air Force to Arctos Technology Solutions, LLC to deliver research and development services supporting propulsion, power, and thermal management technologies. Under the $96M ceiling value IDV, five cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery orders have been awarded to Arctos totaling $41.9M to provide systems analysis, structures and fuels research, high speed development, and turbomachinery work....
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR AEROSPACE PROPULSION SYSTEMS -TECHNOLOGY AREA 2 FOR PROPULSION AIRFRAME INTEGRATION-AIRFRAME SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY. TASK ORDERS FOR PROPULSION AIRFRAME INTEGRATION-AIRFRAME SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY. CONTRACT IDIQ TO LOCKHEED MARTIN. RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR AEROSPACE PROPULSION SYSTEMS (RTAPS) STATEMENT OF WORK 1.0 OBJECTIVE THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PROPOSED TASK ORDER CONTRACT IS TO DEVELOP, DEMONSTRATE, AND VERIFY ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES AS PART OF NASA'S ONGOING, LONG-TERM AEROSPACE RESEARCH PROGRAMS, ADDRESSING A WIDE VARIETY OF PROPULSION ISSUES. APPLICATIONS INCLUDE SUBSONIC, SUPERSONIC, HYPERSONIC, AND ROTORCRAFT TRANSPORTATION VEHICLES, AS WELL AS AVIATION SAFETY AND SPACE EXPLORATION APPLICATIONS. 2.0 SCOPE THE CONTRACTOR SHALL FURNISH ALL PERSONNEL, FACILITIES, EQUIPMENT, MATERIAL, SUPPLIES, AND SERVICES, EXCEPT AS MAY BE EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN THE CONTRACT AGREEMENT AS GOVERNMENT FURNISHED PROPERTY, AND OTHERWISE DO ALL THINGS NECESSARY TO, OR INCIDENT TO, PERFORMING AND PROVIDING THE WORK EFFORTS SET FORTH IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS. CONTRACT SCOPE INCLUDES ANALYTICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS COVERING A WIDE VARIETY OF PROPULSION COMPONENTS AND SUB-COMPONENTS HAVING EITHER GOVERNMENT, COMMERCIAL, OR MILITARY APPLICATION. THIS CONTRACT MAY BE USED TO SUPPORT ALL NASA CENTERS THAT REQUIRE WORK WITHIN THE SCOPE OF THIS STATEMENT OF WORK. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM TASK ORDERS IN THE FOLLOWING TECHNOLOGY AREAS: 2.1 TECHNOLOGY AREA 1: RESERVED 2.2 TECHNOLOGY AREA 2: PROPULSION AIRFRAME INTEGRATION - AIRFRAME SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DEVELOP AND DEMONSTRATE ADVANCED PROPULSION-AIRFRAME INTEGRATION (PAI) TECHNOLOGIES TO IMPROVE OVERALL INTEGRATED AIRFRAME SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, WEIGHT, EMISSIONS, SAFETY, FUEL BURN, NOISE, LIFE, AND COST WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF THE INDIVIDUAL PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES AS DEFINED IN APPENDIX C-1. THE TECHNICAL ELEMENTS INCLUDED IN TECHNOLOGY AREA 2 ARE AS FOLLOWS: 2.2.1 CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT AND SYSTEMS STUDIES THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM CONCEPT DEVELOPMENT AND SYSTEM STUDIES OF NONTRADITIONAL PROPULSION AND/OR VEHICLE ARRANGEMENTS AND ADVANCED AEROSPACE SYSTEMS CONFIGURATIONS TO MEET NASA PROGRAM GOALS. THESE CONCEPTS INCLUDE UNCONVENTIONAL AIRFRAMES AND ENGINES, ELECTRIC MOTORS, ALTERNATIVE FUELS, HEAT TRANSFER DEVICES, PROPULSION INTEGRATION AND ADVANCED AEROSPACE SYSTEMS. SYSTEM STUDIES INCLUDE PERFORMING SYSTEM ANALYSES AND DESIGNS OF AEROSPACE VEHICLES WITH EMPHASIS ON PROPULSION SYSTEMS INSTALLATIONS TO EVALUATE ADVANCED TECHNOLOGIES AND AEROSPACE SYSTEM CONCEPTS THAT HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR IMPROVING SYSTEM PERFORMANCE, WEIGHT, EMISSIONS, FUEL BURN, NOISE AND COSTS. THE SCOPE OF WORK UNDER THIS ELEMENT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING: (1) THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DEVELOP AND VALIDATE EMPIRICAL, STATISTICAL, AND PHYSICS-BASED ANALYTICAL MODELS WHICH ARE ROBUST ENOUGH TO HANDLE NON-CONVENTIONAL CONFIGURATIONS. THESE MODELS MAY BE USED FOR UNDERSTANDING THE BASIC UNDERLYING PHYSICAL PHENOMENON OF THE SYSTEM OR SUBSYSTEM AS WELL AS FOR PREDICTING AEROSPACE SYSTEMS AND/OR COMPONENT PERFORMANCE, WEIGHT, EMISSIONS, RELIABILITY, LIFE AND COST. (2) THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DEFINE GOALS AND FIGURES OF MERIT FOR OVERALL SYSTEMS AS WELL AS FOR INDIVIDUAL TECHNOLOGIES WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF OVERALL PROGRAM/PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. (3) THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CONDUCT TECHNOLOGY TRADE STUDIES, MISSION ANALYSES AND MARKET/COST SCENARIO AND LIFE CYCLE ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT STUDIES TO IDENTIFY AND EVALUATE AEROSPACE SYSTEMS AND ASSESS THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS MEETING PROGRAM/PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. (4) THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORMSYSTEM SIMULATIONS OF AEROSPACE SYSTEMS AND SUBSYSTEMS FROM A 0-D LEVEL UP THROUGH A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY 3-D LEVEL. (5) THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM AEROSPACE SYSTEMS CONCEPTUAL, PRELIMINARY AND/OR DETAILED DESIGN STUDIES IN SUPPORT OF ADVANCED CONCEPT DEFINITION, DEVEL