This is a Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation for $27,984,041.00 to support "Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet". The contract, which has a period of performance through June 30, 2025, aims to leverage emerging commercial space internet capabilities to establish connectivity and conduct operational experimentation.
The original pre-solicitation notice indicated that the Air Force Strategic Development Planning & Experimentation Office (SDPE) intended to award multiple contracts totaling $1.44 billion under solicitation FA8650-17-S-9300 to support this initiative. The contracts will involve establishing initial connectivity, conducting expanded scale operational experimentation, and special purpose experimentation using modified commercial satellites. This contract award to Northrop Grumman does not have a set-aside designation. Northrop Grumman has subcontracted a portion of the work to SpaceX, a leading commercial space company, to provide engineering and research and technology-based services.
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