SBIR/STTR Research Award
High Efficiency Powertrain for Hybrid Aircraft (HEPHA)
Award amount
$149,955Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IAward year
2023Award details
- Awarding agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- AMPAIRE, INC.
- Proposal award date
- 2023-02-01
- Contract end date
- 2023-07-11
- UEI
- KWMLK3VMT375
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- 3-HybEl
Research abstract
Ampaire proposes to develop hybrid electric powertrain technology consisting of a modern JetA/SAF engine plus electric machine in a hybrid electric configuration to enable flexible implementation in a number of aircraft applications. The JetA/SAF engine is a modern, high efficiency compression ignition (CI) engine from subcontractor DeltaHawk (Racine, WI) that will be coupled to Ampaire’s custom electric machine and mechanical integration to provide several key features: enabling multi-mode hybrid electric operation, significant reduction in fuel use, and the potential to integrate the technology onto Ampaire’s flying testbed in Phase 2.
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.
- Electrified Propulsion Aircraft Rapid Design Tools
- High Efficiency Powertrain for Hybrid Aircraft (HEPHA)
- Hybrid Electric Power System for King Air Aircraft
- Open Call for Innovative Defense-Related Dual-Purpose Technologies/Solutions with a Clear Air Force Stakeholder Need
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- HPDM-30 – A 10 kW/kg Integrated Motor Drive for UAV and Aircraft Electric Propulsion
- HPDM-30 – A 10 kW/kg Integrated Motor Drive for UAV and Aircraft Electric Propulsion
Research funding history
5 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2019–2024). Reported award amounts total $3,219,812. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Defense, National Aeronautics and Space Administration