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Air Force

Air Force Awards Additional Booster Propulsion Maturation Contracts

Pat Host

Tuesday, January 26th, 2016

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Air Force Awards Additional Booster Propulsion Maturation Contracts

A launch of an Atlas V rocket. Photo: United Launch Alliance

The Air Force on Monday awarded a pair of contracts to Boeing [BA] and Arctic Slope Technical Services (ARTS) under its Booster Propulsion Technology Maturation Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) solicitation, according to an announcement posted on Federal Business Opportunities (FBO).Boeing received $6.2 million for "additively manufactured high pressure engine dome" to develop a full scale, complex, thick-walled engine component that advances additive manufacturing state of the art. This is targeted for integration into an engine development. ARTS received $3.7 million…

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