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Engine Developers Win IDIQ Awards to Develop New Tech for Air Force

Engine Developers Win IDIQ Awards to Develop New Tech for Air Force
Hill Air Force Base F-35As fly in formation over the Utah Test and Training Range, March 30, 2017. (U.S. Air Force photo/R. Nial Bradshaw)

Rolls-Royce on Thursday was awarded a $100 million contract to develop new advanced turbine engine technologies for the Air Force.The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract is for phase 1 of the service's Advanced Turbine Technologies for Affordable Mission-Capability (ATTAM) program. Awardees will "develop, demonstrate, and transition advanced turbine propulsion, power and thermal technologies that provides improvement in affordable mission capability," according to the Air Force's contract statement.The program could help the service determine key propulsion, fuel efficiency and other engine criteria for…

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