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Contract Award: Spirit AeroSystems Inc. (Wichita, Kansas) – $9,330,433

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, September 20th, 2024

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Spirit AeroSystems Inc., Wichita, Kansas, was awarded at $9,330,433 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for conformal reusable airframe structures. This contract will improve structural performance of high-speed vehicles utilizing advanced analysis and test methods of full-scale airframe structures in high-speed environments and systems. Work will be performed in Wichita, Kansas, and is expected to be completed by March 17, 2026. This contract was a sole source acquisition. Fiscal 2023 research and development funds in the amount of $9,330,433 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA2391-24-C-B042).

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