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$538,508,571

National Aeronautics and Space Administration·National Aeronautics and Space Administration

to LOCKHEED MARTIN CORPORATION

aerospaceactiveONGOING · MOD OF 2018 CONTRACT
WORK BEGAN2018-04-02·LATEST ACTION2026-06-23·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDCONT_AWD_80AFRC18C0018_8000_-NONE-_-NONE-
Award description

THE LOW BOOM FLIGHT DEMONSTRATOR (LBFD) CONTRACT IS FOR THE DESIGN, CONSTRUCTION, AND FLIGHT VALIDATION OF A RESEARCH AIRCRAFT THAT CREATES A SHAPED SONIC BOOM SIGNATURE WITH A CALCULATED LOUDNESS LEVEL OF 75 PLDB [PERCEIVED LEVEL (PL), DECIBELS (DB)] OR LESS DURING SUPERSONIC CRUISE (MACH = 1.4) FLIGHT.

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

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In plain English

The latest increment on Lockheed Martin's Low Boom Flight Demonstrator contract (begun 2018) for building and flight-testing an experimental supersonic research aircraft.

Sub-sectors
experimental-aircraftsupersonic-flight-researchnasa-r&d
Why this matters

Sonic boom mitigation is critical to enabling supersonic aircraft over populated land. Success could revive commercial supersonic aviation.

Supply-chain signal

Signals continued investment in advanced aerospace manufacturing at Lockheed Martin, supporting specialized aircraft components and materials suppliers.

U.S.–China competition angle

Reflects U.S. commitment to advanced aircraft R&D; supersonic technology has implications for aerospace leadership in global commercial aviation competition.

Generated by award_classification v2.1.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-06-25. Cost: $0.016158.

Period of performance
Start
2018-04-02
End
2026-11-30
Status
activein 140 days
Sources

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