COMBUSTION SCIENCE & ENGINEERING, INC. — National Aeronautics and Space Administration STTR Phase I: MULTIPHASE CFD FRAMEWORK FOR HYPERGOLIC PROPELLANT INJECTION AND COMBUSTION FOR RDRE DEVEL
COMBUSTION SCIENCE & ENGINEERING, INC. — STTR Phase I award from National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Phase I STTR feasibility signal
- Phase I awards fund proof-of-concept work. For capture teams, they mark early interest from National Aeronautics and Space Administration in a technical approach.
- Watch for Phase II follow-ons from the same firm/topic family — that conversion path is where budgets and transition pressure rise.
- Obligated amount $224,877. Cross-check similar awards in the same agency and technology tags for going-rate context.
- Tagged technology areas: Space & Satellite, Modeling & Simulation, Hypersonics. Follow those hubs for open topics and peer winners in the same cluster.
Summary
Combustion Science & Engineering, Inc. received a NASA STTR Phase I award to develop a simulation tool for modeling the injection and combustion of hypergolic propellants in rotating detonation rocket engines (RDRE). This framework uses multiphase computational fluid dynamics (CFD) to help advance rocket propulsion technology.
- Amount
- $224,877
- Agency
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration · National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Program / Phase
- STTR · Phase I
- NAICS
- 541715 · RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY)
- Place of performance
- MD
- Period
- 2026-09-30 → 2027-10-29
Technology domains
Description
STTR PHASE I MULTIPHASE CFD FRAMEWORK FOR HYPERGOLIC PROPELLANT INJECTION AND COMBUSTION FOR RDRE DEVELOPMENT