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$211,063,273

National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY

aerospaceactive
ACTION DATE2026-03-05·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_80AFRC21CA021_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

THE REQUIREMENT IS TO ASSIST NASA IN ACCELERATING THE INTRODUCTION OF MEGAWATT CLASS EAP SYSTEMS INTO FUTURE AIRCRAFT PRODUCTS BY U.S. INDUSTRY. THIS EFFORT HELPS TO IDENTIFY CERTIFICATION GAPS, AND ADDRESS GAPS THROUGH GROUND TEST AND FLIGHT TESTS.

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

General Electric develops and tests megawatt-class electric aircraft propulsion systems to accelerate U.S. industry adoption and close certification gaps.

Sub-sectors
nasa-r&delectric-aircraft-propulsioncertification-testing
Why this matters

Electric propulsion is critical for next-generation aircraft decarbonization and U.S. leadership in advanced aviation technology.

Supply-chain signal

Signals demand for high-power battery systems, power electronics, and thermal management suppliers supporting electric propulsion integration.

U.S.–China competition angle

U.S. investment in electric aircraft propulsion aims to maintain technological leadership against Chinese advances in electric aviation.

Generated by award_classification v2.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-15. Cost: $0.002288.

Period of performance
Start
2021-09-30
End
2026-09-29
Status
activein 136 days
Sources

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