Definitive Contract FA865021C1959

Award Date 4/23/21
Potential Completion Date 4/26/26
Potential Value $91M
Ultimate Awardee
Not listed
Federal Contract Vehicle
Set-Aside Type
No Set-Aside Used
Extent Competed
Full and Open Competition
Major Defense Program
Not listed
Pricing Type
Cost Plus Fixed Fee
Place of Performance
Boulder, CO 80301, USA
Solicitation Procedures
Negotiated Proposal / Quote
Number Of Offers Received
2
Legislative Mandate
Employment Eligibility Verification
National Interest Action
Not listed
Research Type
Not listed
Primary Consortia Member
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This is a $91,020,870 Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. for the "RESILIENT AND AGILE MISSION SYSTEMS" program. The contract, which runs through April 2026, does not have a set-aside designation.

Under this contract, Ball Aerospace will provide research, engineering, integration, and testing services related to space systems, directed energy technologies, avionics, electro-optical sensors, information fusion systems, and other advanced technologies. Key subcontractors include Leidos, Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, and Exemplar Systems LLC, who will support areas such as collaborative integration, experimentation, navigation systems, and GPS technologies.

This contract appears to be part of AFRL's broader TEMPEST program, which is focused on developing methodologies, tools, and techniques to identify and mitigate vulnerabilities in avionics systems across manned, unmanned, and autonomous platforms, with a emphasis on cybersecurity, open system architecture, and multi-domain capabilities.

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