Definitive Contract FA875026CB008
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- The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded a $7.455 million definitive contract to Technergetics, LLC for research and development in quantum networking to establish secure and robust systems for the United States Air Force on September 25, 2024. The contract carries a cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing structure with an ultimate completion date of September 25, 2029. Place of performance is Utica, NY. The effort originated from BAA FA8750-23-S-7001, posted by the Air Force Research...
- The Office of the Secretary of Defense awarded a $21.1 million definitive contract to Qubitekk, Inc. for research and development in quantum networking to establish secure and robust systems for the United States Air Force and Air Force Research Laboratory on December 20, 2024, with performance through February 18, 2028. The contract carries cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing with no set-aside. Work is performed in Bakersfield, California. The effort focuses on quantum networking research and...
- Rigetti & Co, LLC, doing business as Rigetti Quantum Computing, has been awarded a definitive cost-plus-no-fee contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) for $5.8M to develop hybrid superconducting-optical quantum network nodes. This research initiative aims to connect superconducting qubits to quantum networks, supporting AFRL's broader mission to advance quantum information sciences in support of the Air Force's Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence (C4I) operations....
- This federal contract award to Technergetics, LLC, a for-profit limited liability company, is valued at $2,680,693 and has an ultimate completion date of December 31, 2024. The contract was awarded on September 14, 2021 by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), a defense agency. It is a cost plus fixed fee definitive contract and does not have a set-aside designation. The contract, titled "QUANTUM HORIZON," is related to the AFRL's Quantum Information Sciences Broad Agency...
- The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $4.8M cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract to Murray Associates of Utica LLC on September 24, 2024, for heterogeneous quantum information sciences development. The work will be performed in Utica, New York, with an ultimate completion date of November 23, 2029. This award stems from a broad agency announcement (BAA) seeking white papers and subsequent full proposals for research and development in quantum information sciences, including...
- The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a $400K firm fixed-price definitive contract to the Research Foundation of the City University of New York (RFCUNY), doing business as RFCUNY - City College, on June 16, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of August 16, 2028. The contract supports AFRL's Quantum Information Sciences initiative under a broader Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) that seeks research and development across quantum algorithms, computation, information processing,...
- The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has awarded a $1,499,785.00 firm-fixed-price Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Phase II contract to Qubitekk, Inc. for the development of quantum entanglement technology on drones. Qubitekk, a small business manufacturer, will provide quantum networking components and systems, including quantum encryption technology, narrow-spectrum two-photon sources, and bi-photon sources, to support quantum computing and communications research and...
- This federal contract award was issued by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to BAE Systems Information & Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (BAE Systems) for the Quantum Apertures (QA) program. The $3,339,075.00 definitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract does not have a set-aside designation. Under the contract, BAE Systems will deliver research and development services to demonstrate a quantum-based radio frequency (RF) receiver capable of receiving modulated signals...
- The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded an Other Transaction Agreement to IonQ, Inc. valued at $27.03 million on September 21, 2023, for the development of network trapped ion quantum computers. The contract extends through June 30, 2027, and will be performed in Berwyn Heights, Maryland, where IonQ maintains its primary research and development operations. This award represents part of AFRL's broader quantum computing initiative, which seeks to advance the nation's quantum...
- The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $10.835 million definitive contract to Psiquantum Corp. for integrating state-of-the-art optical phase shifters in a photonics platform for quantum computing applications on March 13, 2025, with an ultimate completion date of May 13, 2027. The contract covers validation of quantum circuit capabilities and exploration of applications to address Air Force use cases beyond quantum computing. Place of performance is Palo Alto, CA. The underlying...
The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $1,828,480 definitive contract to BAE Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration Inc. for the Distributed Rydberg Network Experimental Testbed (DRYNET) on April 2, 2026, under cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing with no set-aside. The contract funds testing, evaluation, and delivery of Rydberg sensing units for time difference of arrival radio frequency measurements. Place of performance is Merrimack, NH. The ultimate completion date is June 1, 2029. The originating solicitation was a pre-solicitation BAA (FA8750-23-S-7001) issued by the Air Force Research Laboratory Information Directorate at Rome Research Site, soliciting research in quantum information sciences with total estimated funding of approximately $500 million across fiscal years 2023–2027. Awards under that BAA typically range from $0.5 million to $27 million, with performance periods not exceeding 36 months. The BAA covered five technical focus areas including quantum algorithms, quantum information processing, memory-node-based quantum networking, and heterogeneous quantum platforms, supporting Air Force C4I mission objectives.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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QUANTUM INFORMATION SCIENCES | FA875023S7001 | Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory | Pre-Solicitation 1/1 | 4/25/23, 11:24 AM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $55.0k | 4/1/26 |