A $5 million contract from the Air Force to Titomic USA heads this week’s defense contract roundup of local companies. Contracts to Blue Halo and Northrop Grumman Systems were also announced this week, according to the Department of Defense.

Titomic’s contract is to supply, integrate and commission a Next Generation Titomic Kinetic Fusion High Pressure Cold Spray System at Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City.

The program will be supported by Titomic at its Huntsville operations. The company said the contract represents a significant expansion of Titomic’s role in the U.S. defense sustainment market. Titomic is a producer of industrial-scale cold spray additive manufacturing and coating solutions.

“With this award for the installation and commissioning of a TKF high-pressure cold spray system at Tinker Air Force Base, Titomic joins the capability suite of the largest U.S. Air Force MRO facility in the nation,” said Managing Director and CEO Jim Simpson. “The Air Force’s selection of Titomic as its high-pressure cold spray vendor marks an important milestone in our growth within the U.S. additive manufacturing market. We are delivering more than a machine – we are establishing a partnership and providing an integrated, production-ready manufacturing capability combining TKF technology, automation, process monitoring, installation and training, as well as ongoing support.

“Deployments like this demonstrate the potential for cold spray to improve readiness, extend asset life and strengthen the U.S. defense industrial base and warfighter readiness.”

According to the company, the system will integrate industrial robotic automation, powder and gas management, process monitoring, safety systems and real-time quality verification. The capability is designed to support depot-level manufacturing and sustainment applications including component repair, dimensional restoration, corrosion and wear protection, additive manufacturing, hybrid manufacturing and multi-material deposition.

Delivery is scheduled for the third quarter of 2027.

Other defense awards:

Blue Halo has been awarded a $99,832,117 ceiling indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the Leveraged Orbital Battlespace Optimization program.
The contract provides for research and development to advance scientific knowledge and state-of-the-art technology supporting space systems.
Work will be performed in Huntsville; and Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., and is expected to be completed by Aug. 29, 2031.
Northrop Grumman Systems was awarded a $34,388,301 modification to a firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The modification increases the ceiling of an existing contract for potential to procure additional UH-1Y and AH-1Z Helicopter Link-16 A-Kits, B-Kits, and associated spare parts.
Specifically, the contract quantities are increased by eight UH-1Y Link 16 A Kits, nine AH-1Z Link 16 A Kits, 17 Link 16 B Kits, and spare parts including systems engineering and program management, and logistics support.
The work will be performed in Huntsville and elsewhere.