Space logistics assembly disassembly experiment with swarms (slades)

Active Definitive Contract Awarded Last action

Contract number
FA945320C0031
Awardee
Awarding agency
Obligated
$30,416,427

Award facts

Opportunity
Contract value 82% obligated
$37,229,276.00 Current and potential, with all options
Completion date 78% complete
Current and potential, with all options
Set-aside
No set-aside
Competition
Full and Open Competition · 1 offer Two Step
Pricing
Cost Plus Fixed Fee
Place of performance
Huntsville, AL 35806, USA

Award details come from SAM.gov/FPDS.

Transactions

Action Obligated Date
Supplemental Agreement for work within scope P00059 $2,460,253
Funding Only Action P00058 $1,099,120
Funding Only Action P00057 $830,045
Funding Only Action P00056 $180,219
Funding Only Action P00055 $471,000
Funding Only Action P00054 $1,152,375
Funding Only Action P00052 $157,565
Funding Only Action P00051 $435,139
Supplemental Agreement for work within scope P00050 $0
Other Administrative Action P00049 · Space logistics assemble disassembly experiment with swarms (slades) $0
Funding Only Action P00048 $1,548,945
Funding Only Action P00047 · Space logistics assembly disassembly experiement with swarms (slades) $47,848
Funding Only Action P00046 $761,529
Funding Only Action P00045 $15,000
Funding Only Action P00044 $183,670
Funding Only Action P00043 · Slades $77,500
Funding Only Action P00042 $834,000
Funding Only Action P00041 $1,731,725
Funding Only Action P00040 $1,426,496
Funding Only Action P00039 $486,733
Funding Only Action P00038 · Slades $531,575
Funding Only Action P00037 $767,000
Funding Only Action P00036 $8,333
Funding Only Action P00035 $150,000
Funding Only Action P00034 $600,000
Funding Only Action P00033 $500,000
Funding Only Action P00032 $336,967
Other Administrative Action P00031 $0
Funding Only Action P00030 · Space logistics assembly disassembly experiement with swarms (slades) $1,102,021
Funding Only Action P00029 $570,000
Funding Only Action P00028 $129,333
Funding Only Action P00027 $175,000
Funding Only Action P00026 $70,000
Funding Only Action P00025 $750,000
Funding Only Action P00024 $250,000
Vendor DUNS or Name Change - Non-Novation P00023 $0
Funding Only Action P00022 · Slades $914,000
Funding Only Action P00021 · ATA slades $1,060,452
Funding Only Action P00020 $646,620
Funding Only Action P00019 $350,000
Other Administrative Action P00018 $0
Funding Only Action P00017 $125,000
Funding Only Action P00016 · Slades $335,000
Novation Agreement ARZ998 $0
Funding Only Action P00015 · Slades $250,000
Funding Only Action P00014 $111,772
Funding Only Action P00013 $2,170,728
Funding Only Action P00012 · Slades $4,356
Novation Agreement ARZ999 $0
Funding Only Action P00011 $331,000
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About this award

Written by GovTribe AI ·

The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $37.23 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract to Bluehalo LLC for Space Logistics Assembly Disassembly Experiment with Swarms (SLADES) on September 24, 2020, with ultimate completion on June 29, 2028.

Place of performance is Huntsville, Alabama. The originating pre-solicitation was posted September 18, 2018, with award following September 3, 2019.

SLADES addresses on-orbit assembly, disassembly, and manufacturing capabilities using autonomous swarm technologies for space logistics operations. The program encompasses multiple technical work streams spanning quantum well solar cell development (Rochester Institute of Technology subcontract awarded October 2024), integration of ultrasensitive collection technology on small satellites (Nokomis, Inc. subcontract awarded August 2024), in-space servicing, assembly, and manufacturing systems (Massachusetts Institute of Technology subcontract awarded March 2024), and space domain analysis and modeling (Space Defense Analytics LLC, an SDVOSB, subcontract awarded January 2025). Comsol, Inc. supplied perpetual software licenses for multiphysics simulation (January 2024).

Bluehalo LLC, a for-profit limited liability company and AeroVironment subsidiary headquartered in Huntsville, delivers advanced engineering, modeling and simulation, directed energy systems, and materials science solutions across defense research organizations. The contract is fixed-price cost-plus-fee structure, typical of Air Force Research Laboratory development efforts supporting prototype maturation and proof-of-concept validation in space domain awareness and autonomous systems.

Subawards

Subcontractor Amount Awarded
Space Defense Analytics LLC SPACE LOGISTICS ASSEMBLY DISASSEMBLY EXPERIMENT WITH SWARMS (SLADES) Mod 11 adding $117,175.88 to fully fund the SubK at $609,987.88. $117,176
Rochester Institute Of Technology SLADES Development of quantum well solar cells $101,013
Nokomis, Inc. SLADES Engineering studies for the integration of ultrasensitive collection technology on a small satellite $429,947
Massachusetts Institute Of Technology SLADES In-Space Servicing, Assembly, and Manufacturing (ISAM) $260,000
Comsol, Inc. SLADES COMSOL Multiphysics Perpetual Licenses. $59,960

Quick answers

Who was awarded contract FA945320C0031?

FA945320C0031 was awarded to Bluehalo LLC by Air Force Research Laboratory (Air Force Materiel Command) on September 24, 2020.

How much is contract FA945320C0031 worth?

The government has obligated $30,416,427 on FA945320C0031. Its current value, with exercised options, is $37,229,276.

Was contract FA945320C0031 competed?

The extent of competition for FA945320C0031 was full and open competition. The government received 1 offer.

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