This federal contract award to Scout Space Inc., a self-certified small disadvantaged business, is for the development of an autonomous, multi-agent guidance, navigation, and control system for free space guardian satellites. The contract, valued at $1,249,982.00, is a firm-fixed-price purchase order awarded under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). The project aims to enhance space safety, transparency, and situational awareness...
General Atomics has been awarded a $5.5 million firm fixed price contract by the Space Development Agency to demonstrate optical intersatellite links as part of the agency's National Defense Space Architecture. The contract has no set-aside designation and calls for General Atomics to deliver an optical intersatellite links demonstration in support of the Tracking Layer capability envisioned under the Space Development Agency's solicitation. That solicitation sought proposals for novel concepts,...
This federal contract award to Cognitive Space, Inc. is for an SBIR (Small Business Innovation Research) Phase 2 project titled "Intelligent Space Mesh Network Routing for Communication Resiliency". The $1,971,146.00 contract was awarded by the U.S. Air Force to develop advanced satellite networking capabilities, intelligent routing systems, and automated satellite command and control services. The contract does not have a set-aside designation. Cognitive Space, Inc. is a for-profit...
The Department of the Air Force Space Command Space and Missile Systems Center awarded General Dynamics Mission Systems, Inc. a $3.5 million firm fixed price delivery order against the Conceptual Studies for Offensive/Defensive Space Control and Space Domain Awareness indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract vehicle. Under this order, General Dynamics will provide conceptual studies and preliminary research in the areas of offensive space control, defensive space control, command and...
This is a SBIR Phase I contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Applied Defense Solutions, Inc., a small business. The contract, valued at $148,657.00, is for "ASSURED AUTONOMOUS SPACECRAFT GN & C VIA HYBRID CONTROL" research and development. As an SBIR Phase I award, this contract is part of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which provides funding to small businesses for the research and development of...
This contract award to The Boeing Company provides advanced research efforts for the architectural design and technology readiness of ground communication capabilities and technology maturation concepts supporting the Evolved Strategic SATCOM Space Segment Rapid Prototype (ESS Space Segment RP) program. ESS Space Segment RP is a Middle Tier Rapid Prototyping acquisition program managed by the Department of the Air Force Space Command Space and Missile Systems Center, focused on developing...
The Department of the Air Force Space Command Space and Missile Systems Center awarded Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation Space Systems Division a $3.5 million firm fixed price delivery order against the Conceptual Studies for Offensive/Defensive Space Control and Space Domain Awareness indefinite-delivery indefinite-quantity contract. Under this order, Northrop Grumman will provide conceptual studies and preliminary research in the areas of offensive space control, defensive space control,...
This federal contract award is for the "Off Board Sensing Station Flight Demonstration" project, awarded by the U.S. Air Force to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. as the prime contractor. The contract has a ceiling value of $67,986,112.00 and is a Definitive Contract with a Cost Plus Fixed Fee pricing type. There is no set-aside designation for this award. The contract involves the development and demonstration of autonomy technologies to enable various Air Force mission...
This is a contract award to General Dynamics Mission Systems (GDMS) by the Space Development Agency (SDA) for the Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture (PWSA) Ground Management and Integration (GMI) effort. The contract is a sole-source award to GDMS, valued at $1,072,448,374.58, with a 3-year base period and two 1-year option periods. The contract is cost-plus-award-fee and will mature the ground components from GDMS's existing Tranche 1 Operations and Integration (O&I) contract. The...
This is a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract awarded by the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) of the U.S. Air Force to Cognitive Space, Inc., a technology company based in Manvel, Texas. The contract, valued at $1,695,909, is for the development of cognitive AI solutions to enhance satellite networking capabilities, including intelligent routing systems, automated satellite command and control, and cognitive inference tasking for complex space networks. This...