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National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration
aerospaceactive
ACTION DATE2026-03-05·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_80AFRC21CA021_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

THE REQUIREMENT IS TO ASSIST NASA IN ACCELERATING THE INTRODUCTION OF MEGAWATT CLASS EAP SYSTEMS INTO FUTURE AIRCRAFT PRODUCTS BY U.S. INDUSTRY. THIS EFFORT HELPS TO IDENTIFY CERTIFICATION GAPS, AND ADDRESS GAPS THROUGH GROUND TEST AND FLIGHT TESTS.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Develop and test megawatt-class electric aircraft propulsion systems to accelerate U.S. industry adoption.

Sub-sectors
electric-aircraftpropulsion-systemscertification-testing
Why this matters

Electric aircraft propulsion is critical for decarbonizing aviation and maintaining U.S. technological leadership in next-generation aircraft.

Supply-chain signal

Signals demand for advanced electric motor components, power electronics, and battery systems from aerospace suppliers.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. investment in electric aircraft technology to compete with China's emerging electric aviation capabilities and market positioning.

Generated by award_classification v1.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-14. Cost: $0.001382.

Period of performance
Start
2021-09-30
End
2026-09-29
Status
activein 137 days
Sources
  • Award record ingested from usaspending. Source identifier CONT_AWD_80AFRC21CA021_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-.

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