Federal award (DEFINITIVE CONTRACT, fiscal year 2024)
Recipient: ECHELON ORBITAL INC.
Awarding agency: Department of Defense / Department of the Air Force
Funding agency: Department of Defense / Department of the Air Force
Period of performance: 2025-10-01 to 2027-04-01
Current total value of award: $1694986.92
Description: F2D-18779 VLEO ADVANCED DUAL-MODULE ENGINE FOR RESILIENCE (VADER). THIS CONTRACT WILL FOCUS ON DEVELOPING THE DUAL-MODULE PROPULSION SYSTEM HARDWARE TO TRL-5 AND DEVELOPING THE CORRESPONDING GUIDANCE, NAVIGATION, AND CONTROL ALGORITHMS.