The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command has awarded a single award, indefinite delivery contract to Aerojet Rocketdyne, Inc., a manufacturer of goods specializing in rocket propulsion technology. The total potential value of the basic contract is $24,407,499. Through a series of cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery orders issued under this contract, Aerojet Rocketdyne is providing research and development services to support the Army's advanced solid...
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration Marshall Space Flight Center awarded a single-award, firm-fixed-price indefinite delivery contract to Optical Sciences Corporation. The contract has a potential value of $1.476 million to provide specialized real-time data analysis and system development services in support of advanced propulsion systems through November 2030. A subsequent $1.452 million firm-fixed-price delivery order was issued for work to be performed in Huntsville, Alabama...
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 Advanced Technology Support Program IV (ATSP4) is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle awarded by the U.S. federal government to Raytheon Company, a major aerospace and defense contractor. The ATSP4 contract enables Raytheon to provide a wide range of progressive microelectronic capability solutions and engineering services to support critical national security objectives across various domains, including radar systems, missile defense, electronic warfare,...
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 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....
The Department of the Navy, Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research awarded Technology Service Corporation a single award indefinite delivery contract with a potential value of $95 million to provide research, development, and engineering support for specialized aerospace systems. Under the contract, TSC will serve as the prime contractor providing engineering services to support evolving aerospace technology for ONR through March 2027. TSC was also issued a $43 million cost plus fixed...
This indefinite delivery contract (IDC) was awarded by the Air Force Test Center, a defense agency, to Aerojet Rocketdyne Inc., a prime contractor. The contract aims to procure the development and demonstration of technologies that address the RP 21 SRM Booster goals. Aerojet Rocketdyne, a manufacturer of goods, has been tasked with providing advanced rocket technology, software upgrades, engineering services, and other research and development activities to support the Air Force Research...
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...
This federal contract IDV was awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Test Center to the prime contractor Space Propulsion Group, Inc. (SPG) as a single-award SBIR Phase III contract. The contract has a total potential value of $15,000,000 and aims to procure advanced paraffin-based hybrid rockets under the PARAFFIN BASED HYBRID program. The initial task order, TO1, was awarded on October 27, 2010 with a potential value of $2,756,534 and a completion date of January 30, 2013....
RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGIES FOR AEROSPACE PROPULSION SYSTEMS - TECHNOLOGY AREA 4 SPACE PROPULSION. TASK ORDERS FOR SPACE PROPUSION. CONTRAT IDIQ TO ORBITEC. 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: 2.4 TECHNOLOGY AREA 4: SPACE PROPULSION THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CONDUCT RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN ADVANCED SPACE PROPULSION TECHNOLOGIES TO ENABLE MISSIONS WITH HIGHER PERFORMANCE, REDUCED COST, IMPROVED RELIABILITY, AND IMPROVED SAFETY. EXAMPLES OF MISSIONS CURRENTLY UNDER CONSIDERATION AND POTENTIAL TECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS FOR THOSE MISSIONS ARE LISTED IN TABLE 2.4.1. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DEVELOP COMPONENT, SUBSYSTEM AND SYSTEM TECHNOLOGIES FOR CHEMICAL AND ELECTRIC PROPULSION DEVICES. THE SCOPE OF THESE EFFORTS INCLUDE THRUST CHAMBER ASSEMBLIES (TCAS), TURBOPUMP ASSEMBLIES (TPAS), PROPELLANT FEED AND STORAGE, INSTRUMENTATION, AND ELECTRICAL ELEMENTS. IN ADDITION, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CONDUCT RESEARCH ON NON-TRADITIONAL SPACE PROPULSION SYSTEMS SUCH AS ROCKET BASED COMBINED CYCLE SYSTEMS AND NUCLEAR THERMAL PROPULSION. . THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ADDRESS TECHNICAL CHALLENGES IN ALTERNATE PROPELLANTS, THRUSTER PERFORMANCE, NOVEL CONCEPTS, THERMAL CONTROL, CRYOGENICS, PROPELLANT AND COMBUSTION PRODUCT PROPERTIES, CHEMISTRY, FLUID DYNAMICS, AND ADVANCED CONCEPT DESIGN AND FABRICATION. 2.4.1 PROPULSION SYSTEM DESIGN AND TRADE STUDIES IN ORDER TO FOCUS TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS, THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CONDUCT SYSTEM STUDIES THAT INCLUDE ANALYSIS, CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, AND DETAILED DESIGN OF ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEM COMPONENTS AND SUBSYSTEMS. ANALYSIS AND DESIGN EFFORTS SHALL ADDRESS STRUCTURAL, THERMAL, PERFORMANCE, MASS/POWER ESTIMATION, ACTUATION AND CONTROLS, AND INTEGRATION ISSUES. THE SCOPE OF WORK UNDER THIS ELEMENT INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING: (1) THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DEFINE GOALS AND FIGURES OF MERIT FOR OVERALL SYSTEMS AS WELL AS FOR INDIVIDUAL TECHNOLOGIES WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF OVERALL PROGRAM AND PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. (2) THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CONDUCT TECHNOLOGY TRADE STUDIES, EVALUATING ENGINE CONCEPTS AND PERFORMING CONCEPTUAL AND PRELIMINARY DESIGN STUDIES TO IDENTIFY AND EVALUATE ENGINE SYSTEMS AND ASSESS THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TOWARDS MEETING PROGRAM AND PROJECT GOALS AND OBJECTIVES. (3) THE CONTRACTOR SHALL CONDUCT RISK ASSESSMENTS OF ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS. (4) THE CONTRACTOR SHALL DEFINE TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT PLANS TO ENSURE THE AVAILABILITY OF THE KEY TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADVANCED PROPULSION SYSTEMS. (5) THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PERFORM SYSTEM SIMULATIONS OF PROPULSION SYSTEMS AND THEIR INSTALLATIONS ON AEROSPACE VEHICLES FROM A 0-D LEVEL UP THROUGH A MULTIDISCIPLINARY 3-D LEVEL. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ALSO GENERATE PROPULSION SYSTEM DESIGNS TO PERFORM SYSTEM SIMULATIONS. (6) THE CONTRACTOR SHALL