The Department of the Air Force awarded a $393,425.61 firm fixed price purchase order to Allied High TECH Products, Inc. for a Zeiss Zen Core software system upgrade. The contract calls for Allied High TECH to upgrade nine Zeiss metallograph microscopes and associated workstations located at a Department of the Air Force facility to Zen Core v3.5 software. Several Zen modules will also be upgraded and one microscope's hardware replaced. The contractor must provide two weeks of operator training. Funding comes from the Department of the Air Force through the Materiel Command Air Force Sustainment Center. Performance will take place at the Department of the Air Force facility in Crystal City, California, running from November 30, 2022 through March 24, 2023. The original solicitation sought the proprietary Zen Core software upgrade for ten microscope systems valued over $500,000.