Definitive Contract FA865023C9311

This is a $172,100,803 cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract awarded to L3 Technologies, Inc. Systems Company Division by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for multi-band, multi-orbit satellite communications experiments under the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet program. The contract supports establishing connectivity, conducting operational experimentation, and performing special purpose experimentation using modified commercial satellites. This award is part of a larger $1.44 billion program under solicitation FA8650-17-S-9300 that seeks to leverage emerging commercial space internet capabilities to provide resilient high-bandwidth communications for diverse Air Force assets. There is no set-aside designation for this contract. L3 Technologies is a subsidiary of L3Harris Technologies, Inc., a major defense contractor that has supported various military and aerospace programs through the development and production of advanced communications systems, electronic components, and other C4ISR technologies.