Purchase Order FA864921P1215

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded an Other Transaction Agreement to Kapta Space Corp. on December 29, 2025, for the development of a steerable Ku-band metasurface antenna for spaceborne radar applications. The contract has a ceiling value of $1.75 million and is scheduled for completion by June 29, 2027. Work will be performed at the contractor's facility in Seattle, Washington. This award reflects DARPA's continued investment in advanced antenna technologies that...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II contract to Kymeta Government Solutions, Inc., a for-profit organization, to design, analyze, build, test, and deliver a small, lightweight, low-cost, low-power electronically steered Ka-band prototype antenna subsystem module (ASM) intended for use on 3U or larger CubeSats. This antenna uses a tunable dielectric material and an array of radiating elements to create an...

This is a SBIR (Small Business Innovative Research) Phase I contract awarded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to Kymeta Government Solutions, Inc. for the development of a low-size, weight, and power (low-SWAP) Ka-band antenna for inter-satellite communication links. The contract is valued at $124,963.00 and has a total small business set-aside. The objective of this Phase I effort is to identify requirements for a low-SWAP Ka-band antenna suitable for small spacecraft...

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) awarded a $499,972.64 grant to the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) to design and test a prototype chip-based, centimeter-scale, metasurface optical antenna with 4 pi steradian electronic beam steering capability operating in the C-band. The design is based on gate-tunable plasmonic reflectarray metasurfaces that enable beam steering of 1550 nanometer light reflected from a tunable phased array metasurface. Tunability arises...

This is a $573,070.46 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory to Mission Microwave Technologies, LLC, a small business manufacturer of RF and microwave electronics. The contract is for a linearized Ka-band solid-state active phased array (SSAP) system with an integrated upconverter using spatial power combining. This appears to be a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program contract. The contract was awarded on July 14, 2016 and has a completion...

This is a Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract awarded by NASA to Custom MMIC Design Services, Inc. (now part of Qorvo Texas, LLC) to develop advanced radio frequency (RF) technologies for future space communications and sensor applications. The contract, valued at $692,131.00, focuses on the design and development of high-efficiency, high-linearity 10 to 20 watt solid-state power amplifiers (SSPAs) operating in the Ka-band frequency range. The goal is to produce...

Agile RF Systems LLC, a woman-owned small business based in Berthoud, Colorado, received a $750K Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract from the Shared Services Center, awarded April 19, 2018, with completion targeted for September 30, 2022. Under this firm fixed-price, total small business set-aside contract, the company is developing an innovative electronically steered phased array antenna technology designed to substantially reduce control complexity for...

The U.S. Defense Department, through its Land and Maritime division, awarded a $9,405 firm fixed-price purchase order to CPI Satcom & Antenna Technologies Inc. on January 8, 2026, for the manufacture of a waveguide assembly. The contract, which carries an ultimate completion date of March 9, 2026, was performed at the contractor's facility in Kilgore, Texas. No small business set-aside was utilized for this award. CPI Satcom & Antenna Technologies Inc., operating through its Large...

This is a federal contract award from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation's Space Systems Division, with a ceiling value of $1,109,161.00. The contract is for the development of a "Coherent Optically Monolithic Phased Array with Compact Tiles (COMPACT)" system, which is not set aside. Northrop Grumman, a major aerospace and defense contractor, is the prime awardee. The contract includes two subcontractors: Southland Technology, Inc., an...

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract to Compass Technology Group, LLC, a certified woman-owned small business, to develop flat lens antenna technology for compact ultra high frequency/very high frequency (UHF/VHF) antennas. The $149,979.00 firm-fixed-price contract has a performance period ending on May 20, 2019. Compass Technology Group specializes in sensors and systems for microwave, radio...