The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded an Other Transaction Agreement valued at $14.1 million to EO Solutions Corp on November 2, 2023, for development of the Ground-Based Active-Passive Space Surveillance System (GAP-SSS). The contract, which carries no set-aside designation, will be performed in Las Vegas, Nevada, with an ultimate completion date of March 31, 2027. EO Solutions Corp, a Hawaii-based small business manufacturer specializing in advanced optical, laser, and atmospheric...
Raytheon Company's Air & Space Defense Systems Division has been awarded a $22.2 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract by the Army Research Development and Engineering Command for active and passive radio frequency (RF) sensing research under a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA). The work, to be performed in El Segundo, California, runs through March 30, 2028, and encompasses distributed RF capabilities development. The contract carries no small business set-aside designation and...
On July 27, 2021, the U.S. Air Force Europe and Africa awarded a delivery order valued at $95,113.58 to Persistent Systems LLC for persistent buy requirements. Issued under a firm fixed-price arrangement with an ultimate completion date of August 31, 2021, this delivery order was placed against Persistent Systems' General Services Administration Multiple Award Schedule contract vehicle. The award supports operations and activities in Germany and represents a continuation of the Air Force's...
GSI Technology, Inc., a Sunnyvale, California-based technology company specializing in advanced memory and logic components, was awarded a $2.0M Other Transaction Agreement contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory on June 12, 2023, with completion targeted for December 1, 2026. The contract supports development of the Next-Generation Associative Processing Unit (APU2) for enhanced space-based capabilities under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, which includes...
This federal contract award, valued at $7,543,744.06, was issued by the Air Force Space Command to prime contractor BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services Inc. for the TPQ-18 ROSA RADAR PHASE I SYSTEMS MODIFICATION for the 30th Space Wing at Vandenberg Air Force Base. The contract is a cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order with a period of performance through December 31, 2020. BAE Systems serves as the prime contractor, with two notable subcontractors - LYN Aerospace, LLC, which...
The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded a $1.58 million Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Rincon Research Corporation on July 1, 2023, for the development of a prototype geosynchronous satellite surveillance system using passive radio frequency technology. Under this cost-plus-fixed-fee arrangement, Rincon will design and build a prototype capable of tracking near-geostationary orbit objects and collecting astrometric data through electro-optic sensors. The...
This is a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded to First RF Corporation, a small business, by the Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare & Sensors (PEO IEW&S) within the U.S. Army. The $876,944.10 contract supports the Phase II portion of the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, with the objective of developing a "pseudo-satellite antenna for Global Positioning System (GPS) signal rebroadcast." First RF Corporation, based in Boulder,...
This federal contract award to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation's Space Systems Division is for the development of an ultra-wideband radio frequency (RF) front-end system to be integrated with an ultra-wideband photonic spectrometer. The goal is to enable significantly enhanced atmospheric sensing capabilities for planetary boundary layer measurements, which could lead to reduced size, weight, and power requirements for deployed systems. The $747,190.67 grant is part of the ACT-20 project...
Pacific Air Forces awarded a $497,916.98 firm fixed-price purchase order to Persistent Systems LLC for 736 MPU5 radios and supporting items to support the 736th Security Forces Squadron at Andersen Air Force Base in Guam. The contract, designated as a total small business set-aside, has an ultimate completion date of November 13, 2025, and was awarded on September 25, 2025. The procurement involves 18 Wave Relay MPU5 tactical radio systems equipped with advanced mesh networking capabilities,...
Persistent Systems LLC, a New York-based small business specializing in advanced mobile ad hoc networking systems, was awarded a firm fixed-price purchase order valued at $357,702.45 by Pacific Air Forces on September 30, 2024. The contract covers MPU5 radios with high-power S-band RF modules operating in the 2.2-2.5 GHz frequency range, model RF-2150, along with associated auxiliary items. Work will be performed in Yigo, Guam, with an ultimate completion date of June 17, 2025. The award carries...