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DOD Announced Contracts to American
Superconductor and IGC SuperPower
Washington, DC, Feb. 13: Due to an administrative
oversight and change of personnel at the U.S. Department of Defense's Office of
the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs), contracts for American
Superconductor and IGC SuperPower were not announced in December.
American Superconductor Corp., Westborough, Mass., was awarded on 23 December
2005, a $13,557,500 cost reimbursement with cost share contract modification.
This is for planned production scale-up activities to meet the Yttrium Barium
Copper Oxide (YBCO) program’s goal to establish a US-based commercial production
facility for 2nd generation High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) material. At
this time $578,000 has been obligated. This work will be complete by June
2008. The Headquarters Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air
Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity. (F33615-03-C-5504-P00006).
Superpower Inc., Schenectady, N.Y., was awarded on 29 December 2005, a
$10,697,440 cost reimbursement with cost share contract modification. This is
for planned production scale-up activities to meet the Yttrium Barium Copper
Oxide (YBCO) program’s goal to establish a US-based commercial production
facility for 2nd generation High Temperature Superconducting (HTS) material. At
this time $1,800,000 has been obligated. This work will be complete by June
2008. The Headquarters Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force
Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity. (F33615-03-C-5508-P00008).
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