Contract Award: PC Krause and Associates Inc. (West Lafayette, Indiana) – $19,952,469

PC Krause and Associates Inc., West Lafayette, Indiana, has been awarded a $19,952,469 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for research and development for the Aircraft Modeling, Simulation & Analysis and Digital Engineering (AAMSADE) program. This will include integrated subsystem performance and the impact on the overall vehicle optimization and modeling performance improvements applied to power, thermal, actuation, propulsion and control/autonomy subsystems. Work will be performed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 14, 2027. This award is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) III contract as a result of a continuing effort from a SBIR II and SBIR III. Fiscal 2021 research, development, technology and evaluation funds (RDT&E) in the amount of $56,523; and fiscal 2022 RDT&E funds in the amount of $630,000 will be obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Research Lab, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-22-C-260).