The U.S. Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $1,140,000.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to Seakr Engineering, LLC, a small business, to develop a Space Advanced Network Router (SPANR) under the SBIR Program Phase III. Seakr Engineering, a subsidiary of RTX Corporation (Raytheon Technologies), has previously provided advanced electronics and systems for the Air Force's Blackjack program and other space-related initiatives. This contract supports the delivery...
This is a $2,503,343.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Iridium Satellite LLC, a for-profit limited liability company. The contract, which has no set-aside designation, is for "DEFENSE EXPERIMENTATION USING COMMERCIAL SPACE INTERNET" and was awarded under the larger $1.44 billion Air Force Strategic Development Planning & Experimentation Office (SDPE) solicitation FA8650-17-S-9300. The contract aims to leverage emerging commercial...
<p>This is a Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Blue Cubed LLC, a small business, under the SBIR Program Phase II. The contract is for the development of "NEXT GENERATION PATH-AGNOSTIC SMALL SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS" and has a ceiling value of $745,346. The contract has a period of performance through June 30, 2025. This contract is a set-aside for small businesses.</p>
This is a $172,100,803.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to L3 Technologies, Inc. Systems Company Division, a subsidiary of L3Harris Technologies, Inc. The contract supports the Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet Call 003 initiative, a multi-band, multi-orbit satellite communications experimentation program led by the Air Force Strategic Development Planning & Experimentation Office. The contract has no...
This is a $149,997.00 firm fixed-price purchase order contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Agile RF Systems LLC, a woman-owned small business, for the development of a low profile multiband airborne satellite communications (SATCOM) antenna under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract has a completion date of March 15, 2017 and is a Total Small Business set-aside. Through previous SBIR awards, Agile RF Systems LLC has demonstrated expertise...
This federal contract award, valued at $18,005,444.97, was issued by the Space and Missile Systems Center, a defense agency, to The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC (APL) for "Evolved Strategic Satellite Communications and Protected Anti-Jam Tactical Satellite Communications Support." The contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order without any set-aside designation. APL, a not-for-profit university-affiliated research center, will provide research,...
This is a $1,499,228.00 Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Escape Communications, Inc., a small business manufacturer, for the development of a W and V Band Airborne SATCOM Transceiver under the SBIR Phase II program. The contract has a completion date of September 30, 2021 and is a definitive contract with a total small business set-aside. This award is part of the SBIR program, which supports research and development for small businesses. Escape...
This is a $752,910 Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Innoflight, LLC, a small business based in San Diego, CA. The contract is for the development of compact space networking protocols and processing hardware/software under the SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) program, Phase II. Innoflight is a non-traditional defense contractor that specializes in advanced communications, networking, and electronics technologies for aerospace and...
This is a definitive contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Hughes Network Systems LLC, a subsidiary of EchoStar Corporation, for "DEFENSE EXPERIMENTATION USING COMMERCIAL SPACE INTERNET." The $5,178,722.00 firm fixed-price contract has a period of performance through May 28, 2025. It was awarded on April 14, 2021 and does not have a set-aside designation. The contract originates from a pre-solicitation notice issued by the Air Force Strategic Development...
This is a delivery order issued under a contract awarded by the Space and Missile Systems Center, a defense agency, to The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC (APL), a not-for-profit research center, for the development of a capability that leverages physics-based modeling, simulation, and analysis. The contract has a ceiling value of $89,900,271.70 and a completion date of May 10, 2025. It is a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with no set-aside designation. APL has subcontracted...