$14M Funding Boost for General Dynamics’ Advanced Propulsor Project Under DARPA Contract

General Dynamics Applied Physical Sciences Corp., Groton, Connecticut, was awarded a $14,006,598 modification (P00011) to cost-plus-fixed-fee contract HR001123C0054 for the Advanced Propulsor, Experimental model. The modification brings the total cumulative value of the contract from $38,238,129 to $52,244,727. Work will be performed in Groton, Connecticut (37%); Concord, Massachusetts (19%); Leander, Texas (18%); Imperial, Pennsylvania (8%); Arlington, Virginia (7%); Cheswick, Pennsylvania (7%); and San Antonio, Texas (4%), with an expected completion date of March 2026. Fiscal 2025 research, development, test and engineering funds in the amount of $5,271,524 were obligated at time of award. This contract stems from a competitive acquisition for which three proposals were received in response to Broad Agency Announcement No. HR001122S0046. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity.