SBIR/STTR Research Award
Feasibility Study of Two-Stage-To-Orbit Launch System Utilizing an Air-breathing Hypersonic 1st Stage for Tactically Responsive Space Access
Award amount
$74,652Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2023Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Air Force
- Recipient company
- Velontra Inc
- Proposal award date
- 2023-05-05
- Contract end date
- 2023-08-07
- UEI
- GYZXNMDHTLY4
- Solicitation number
- X23.5
- Topic code
- AFX235-CSO1
Research abstract
Velontra proposes a dual-use innovation called HyperLaunch which uses a hypersonic aircraft 1st stage, and a rocket-powered 2nd stage. The first stage will use an afterburning jet engine to achieve supersonic speed, convert to a ramjet to reach hypersonic
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Feasibility Study of Technology Transfer and Transition of AFRL/RQT Responsive Open-Source Engine (ROSE) for CCA and Munition Applications
- Direct-Connect Altitude Testing of Small, Low-Cost, Afterburning Gas Turbine for use in Future Increment CCA and/or Supersonic Munitions
- Feasibility Study of Operationally Relevant Direct-Connect Testing Enabling Rapid, Low-Cost Development of Small, Air-Breathing Propulsion Systems for Attritable/Reusable Super/Hypersonic UAV Applications
- Feasibility Study of Attritable/Reusable (A/R) Supersonic/Hypersonic UAV for Autonomous Collaborative Platforms (ACP) Applications
- TRL-7 Ready Variable Area Nozzle Design for Afterburner/Ramburner for Attritable/Reusable Super/Hypersonic Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (A/R UAV) Applications
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
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- Evitado TACFI
- AI for Adaptive 3D Infrastructure Design in Navy Engineering
- Smart Thermal Protection Systems for Hypersonics
- Sub-THz Reflectarrays: An Alternative Architecture for Enhanced Array Scaling with 3D Heterogeneous Integration for DoD ELGAR Use Cases
Research funding history
8 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2022–2025). Reported award amounts total $3,042,646. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense