Pioneering Thermal Technologies: GE Edison Works Tapped for $15.7 Million R&D Initiative

GE Edison Works, Cincinnati, Ohio, has been awarded a $15,731,761 cost contract for thermal protection systems. This contract provides for materials, research, and development for thermal protection system applications and propulsion of high-speed vehicles. Work will be performed in Cincinnati, Ohio, and is expected to be completed Sept. 25, 2029. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $8,877,600; and fiscal 2024 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $6,300,000, are being obligated at the time of the award. The Air Force Research Laboratory Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA2394-24-C-B037).