Principle Contractor: General Electric Aircraft Engines
Date of Issuance: 11/6/2008
Branch of Service: Air Force

Contract Details:
The Air Force is modifying an indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with General Electric Aircraft Engines of Cincinnati, Ohio, for a maximum of $185,000,000. The Versatile, Affordable, Advanced Turbine Engine Program is a joint DoD/NASA/DOE industry effort to develop revolutionary and innovative technologies by the 2017 timeframe that will permit an order of magnitude increase in turbo-propulsion affordability over the year 2000 state-of the-art technology. This effort focuses mainly on Phase II of the VAATE program with some smaller efforts for Phase III. Phase II and III efforts will focus on technologies that address strike/ persistent engagement, multi-mission mobility, persistent agile combat support, enterprise and platform enablers, responsive space access, agile combat support /enterprise and platform enablers, air superiority/protection. At this time $801,000 has been obligated. Det 1 AFRL/PKPB, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-09-D-2922).

Total Contract Value: $185,000,000

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