Gohypersonic Incorporated

Gohypersonic Incorporated Main Division, doing business as Ghi, is a Dayton, Ohio-based small business that designs and develops hypersonic vehicle airframes, propulsion systems, computational modeling tools, and related physics-based simulation software for Department of Defense and civil-space agencies, operating predominantly as a prime contractor (96% of recent awards) across small-business set-asides and full-and-open solicitations. The company competes primarily through Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs, with recent awards carrying Total Small Business set-aside designations.

Ghi's federal footprint centers on hypersonic research, development, and software licensing. Representative work includes a $2.87 million cost-plus-fixed-fee Air Force Research Laboratory definitive contract awarded December 2021 for development of the Hypersonic Performance Toolbox Integrating Modeling Environment (HYPERTIME), a high-fidelity physics-based modeling tool for hypersonic vehicle performance with completion through December 2026; a $996.3 thousand Naval Air Warfare Center SBIR Phase II definitive contract awarded September 2025 for hypersonic vehicle research extending through March 2028; a $1.5 million Missile Defense Agency STTR Phase II contract awarded April 2025 for rapid yaw mechanisms on high lift-to-drag ratio hypersonic vehicles; and recurring software license renewals of LINK3D computational meshing software to the Army Research Laboratory, Air Force Research Laboratory, and Shared Services Center, typically valued at $12,000 to $125,000 per year. The company also delivers engineering services — a $761,400 cost-plus-fixed-fee airframe inlet design contract from Air Force Research Laboratory ran October 2022 through February 2024.

Customer concentration skews heavily toward the Air Force through a single massive vehicle. The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Lifecycle Management Center at Eglin Air Force Base anchors the portfolio with a $46 billion Eglin Wide Agile Acquisition Contract (EWAAC) multiple-award IDIQ awarded March 2023 with performance through September 2031 — this single contract represents 100% of the combined potential-value ranking and dwarfs all other customer relationships. By award count, the Air Force Research Laboratory leads with 16 awards ($6.7 million combined potential value), followed by the Shared Services Center (a civil-space vehicle for software renewals, 13 awards, $161 thousand), Naval Air Warfare Center (6 awards, $1.9 million), Missile Defense Agency (6 awards, $5.5 million), and Office of Naval Research (4 awards, $2.7 million). This divergence — EWAAC dominates dollars while smaller SBIR/STTR and software-license awards drive volume — reflects Ghi's position as an approved EWAAC awardee with limited activation to date.

Ghi's primary NAICS concentration falls under Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (33 awards across the top two variant codes), with secondary engineering services (10 awards) and software publishing (7 awards) activity. Work is performed at Ghi's Dayton facility with software delivery electronic and hardware delivery or field testing where required.

Activity has grown unevenly — three awards in 2021, two in 2022, eight in 2023, four in 2024, and six in 2025 — reflecting the episodic nature of SBIR/STTR funding cycles. Six awards valued at $5.7 million combined reach ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, presenting recompete opportunity. Ghi subcontracts minimally (2 sub-awards, 4% of portfolio); recent sub work includes Kestrel solid fuel ramjet testing engineering services under Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC and MIT Lincoln Laboratory software subscription work under HX5 LLC. The company has registered in SAM.gov since 2006.