The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $722,905 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to Leidos Inc. to develop an Agile Linear Feedback Shift Register (LFSR) Tracker. This contract is not designated as a set-aside. The work will take place in Herndon, Virginia and be completed by October 31, 2019.
The contract was awarded under a Broad Agency Announcement from the Air Force Research Laboratory seeking proposals to advance sensing and countermeasure technologies for operations in contested environments against threats like integrated air defenses, long-range missiles, advanced fighters, and weapons of mass destruction. The research is aligned with the Air Force's need to maintain capabilities in counter-insurgency, counter-terrorism, and strategic deterrence against near-peer adversaries. Multiple awards between $100,000 and $5,000,000 are anticipated under this $20.64 million program.