Definitive Contract HR001115C0061

NASA awarded a $658,452 firm-fixed-price definitive contract to Nuvotronics, Inc., a small business manufacturer, to leverage the design of a broadband feed developed under prior NASA programs and a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract. The purpose is to provide a line array to the Goddard Space Flight Center to demonstrate a compact antenna feed reflector pattern synthesis method in their electromagnetic anechoic chamber. This contract is a Phase III SBIR action, continuing the...

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded Indiana Microelectronics, LLC a $4.88 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to develop wideband adaptive radio frequency filters and cancellation circuits under the Wideband Adaptive RF Protection program. The contract aligns with the solicitation seeking proposals for Technical Area 1 to demonstrate adaptive RF filtering across 2-18 GHz with at least a 9:1 tuning ratio, and Technical Area 2 involving wideband signal cancellation across 100...

This is a $588,243.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to First RF Corporation, a small business manufacturer based in Boulder, Colorado. The contract is for the development of K-band phased array apertures to support range testing activities. It was awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program's Phase III, which provides follow-on funding for the commercialization of previously successful SBIR projects. The contract has a...

This is a $11,853,352.65 Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to Rockwell Collins, Inc. (a subsidiary of RTX Corporation) for the ARRAYS AT COMMERCIAL TIMESCALES (ACT) program. Under this contract, Rockwell Collins will develop a common beam forming module technology base for disparate array systems, departing from traditional highly-specialized and time-consuming array design methodologies. The goal is to create electromagnetic...

First RF Corporation, a Boulder, Colorado-based small business specializing in advanced radio frequency and antenna technologies, was awarded a $7.1M cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract by the Office of Naval Research on May 25, 2023. Under this effort, First RF will demonstrate and deliver a radar transmitter leveraging smart card technology, which offers significant advantages over competing designs including wider bandwidths, lower costs, superior scan performance, and simplified...

This federal contract award, valued at $1,799,969.00, was granted to First RF Corporation, a small business manufacturer of advanced antenna and radio frequency (RF) technologies. The work will support the development of next-generation phased array antennas with significant follow-on benefits for both conventional and advanced systems. The contract, awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program Phase II, is a cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract with the Defense...

This federal contract award is for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project titled "Wideband RF Radomes Compatible with Conformal Antennas and Gun-launched Hypersonic Environments". The prime contractor is First RF Corporation, a small business based in Boulder, Colorado that specializes in antennas and radio frequency (RF) systems. The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded this $172,997.44 cost-plus-fixed-fee...

This is a $1,799,239.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to First RF Corporation, a small business manufacturer based in Boulder, Colorado. The contract is for a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II research and development effort to quantitatively demonstrate the benefits of a novel, next-generation antenna array that could support future communications, electronic warfare, and radar systems. The contract has a final...

This is a $971,790.00 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM) to First RF Corporation, a small business manufacturer based in Boulder, Colorado. The contract is for the development of a "W-Band Beamforming Network," which involves advanced antenna and radio frequency (RF) technologies for defense applications. First RF Corporation has established itself as a key innovator in specialized antenna and RF...

This is a $749,999.00 Firm Fixed Price contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Shared Services Center to Agile RF Systems LLC, a Woman Owned Small Business, under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program Phase II. The contract supports the development of an innovative phased array antenna technology that substantially reduces control complexity, improving physical integration and thermal management, particularly important for high frequency...