The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $149,900 firm-fixed price purchase order to The Phase Array Company LLC, a self-certified small disadvantaged business, for the delivery of unspecified goods. This purchase order is the third contract award to The Phase Array Company LLC from the Air Force, following a $603,000 contract in July 2021 for a phased array pulser/receiver system to support radar and electronic warfare research, and a $31,600 purchase order...
NASA awarded a $658,452 firm-fixed-price definitive contract to Nuvotronics, Inc., a small business manufacturer, to leverage the design of a broadband feed developed under prior NASA programs and a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract. The purpose is to provide a line array to the Goddard Space Flight Center to demonstrate a compact antenna feed reflector pattern synthesis method in their electromagnetic anechoic chamber. This contract is a Phase III SBIR action, continuing the...
This is a $11,853,352.65 Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Rockwell Collins, Inc. (a subsidiary of RTX Corporation) for the ARRAYS AT COMMERCIAL TIMESCALES (ACT) program. Under this contract, Rockwell Collins will develop a common beam forming module technology base for disparate array systems, departing from traditional highly-specialized and time-consuming array design methodologies. The goal is to create electromagnetic...
The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded Eospace Inc. a $3.7 million other transaction agreement to develop prototype transmit and receive modules for a microwave phased array antenna under the Cornerstone Consortium. The modules will optically control the amplitude and phase of multiple radio frequency signals. Eospace will perform the work in Redmond, Washington over a 30-month period concluding in October 2022. No set aside designation...
This contract award is for the manufacturing of amplifier subassemblies and radio frequency amplifiers for the ALQ-161 electronic warfare system. The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Air Force Sustainment Center awarded this $102,842.25 firm fixed price delivery order to CTT Inc., a for-profit manufacturer of radio frequency and microwave components. CTT Inc. has provided these types of products to the Department of the Air Force, Department of the Navy, and Federal Aviation...
The Department of the Army Materiel Command Contracting Command at Redstone Arsenal awarded a $93,140 firm fixed price purchase order to Channel Comp LLC for signal generators to support the Phased Array Tracking Radar to Intercept on Target program at Letterkenny Army Depot. Channel Comp will provide the requested signal generators, as detailed in the attached solicitation and safety review, to be used in the production of radar equipment for the PATRIOT intercept missile system. Performance...
This is a $588,243.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to First RF Corporation, a small business manufacturer based in Boulder, Colorado. The contract is for the development of K-band phased array apertures to support range testing activities. It was awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program's Phase III, which provides follow-on funding for the commercialization of previously successful SBIR projects. The contract has a...
This is a $2,521,963.00 federal contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to the Texas Tech University System. The contract is for the development of wide bandgap semiconductor optical phased arrays (OPAs), a specialized technology with applications in areas such as sensing, communications, and directed energy. The contract has an ultimate completion date of February 13, 2024 and is structured as a definitive, cost-no-fee contract. No set-aside designation was used. In...
This is a $31,238,023 cost-plus-fixed-fee task order contract awarded by the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (RDECOM) to Lockheed Martin Corporation under the Advanced Technology Support Program III (ATSP3) Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicle. The task order has three main objectives: 1) manufacture digital transmit/receive line replaceable units (T/R LRUs), 2) construct a full-size antenna socket, and 3) fully populate an active electronically...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Array Labs, Inc., a small for-profit company based in Palo Alto, California. The $1,248,053 firm-fixed-price purchase order is for the development of "Novel High Peak Power Multi-Function Antennas for Nanosatellites." This contract is part of AFRL's efforts to advance satellite technology, particularly in the areas of communication capabilities, protective...