The federal contract IDV award is a $200 million single award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Nimbis Services Inc. for a "Federated Cloud-Based Quantitative Assurance Ecosystem." This contract aims to advance innovative microelectronics technologies within the Department of Defense, leveraging Nimbis' expertise in secure cloud computing, microchip collaboration, defense technology training, and smart manufacturing solutions.
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The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) worth up to $4,800,000 to Freedom Photonics, LLC, a small business based in Goleta, California. The contract is for the development of high-power semiconductor lasers capable of operating at high temperatures to support various government research programs.
Under this IDC, AFRL has issued multiple cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery orders to Freedom Photonics totaling over $1.7 million. The work...
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) awarded Cycuity, Inc., a cybersecurity firm, a $99 million single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) for SBIR Phase III research through May 2028. This open-ended contracting vehicle indicates AFRL's intent to continue procuring small business innovations from Cycuity related to microelectronics security and hardware vulnerability detection capabilities.
Under an initial $15.9 million task order, Cycuity will provide research and development for...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded Red Six Aerospace Inc., doing business as Red 6, a single-award indefinite delivery contract with a potential value of $70 million. Under this SBIR Phase III IDIQ, Red 6 provides ongoing research and development services related to augmented reality flight technologies to mature capabilities with potential military and commercial applications. Work is conducted at Air Force research facilities in Wright-Patterson Air...
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded an Other Transaction (OT) Indefinite Delivery Vehicle (IDV) to Psiquantum, Corp. on December 30, 2022. The IDV, valued at a ceiling of $27,049,645.00, is for the "Underexplored Systems for Utility-Scale Quantum Computing (US2QC) Program." This program aims to advance utility-scale quantum computing capabilities, likely encompassing research, development, and potential prototyping of innovative quantum computing systems...
The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $49.5 million single award indefinite delivery contract to Graf Research Corporation, a for-profit Subchapter S Corporation providing research, development, prototyping, testing, and production services. The contract funds multiple Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) delivery orders through January 2024 in areas such as field programmable gate array (FPGA) security, artificial intelligence, machine...
This Other Transaction IDV was awarded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), a defense agency, to Qc82 Inc., a for-profit organization. The $1.58 million contract, which has no set-aside, is for the "Underexplored Systems for Utility-Scale Quantum Computing (US2QC) Program." The purpose is to develop advanced quantum computing capabilities. As an Other Transaction IDV, this contract uses flexible, non-FAR based acquisition procedures to rapidly prototype and...
The University of Dayton Research Institute Division has been awarded a single-award Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) by the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), a Defense agency, with a ceiling value of $144,000,000 and a period of performance through September 15, 2025. This contract, identified as FA865018D5600, is for the "QUICK REACTION EVALUATION RECOMPETE" program, which aims to provide rapid root cause analysis and solutions to the warfighter by evaluating materials,...
The Department of the Air Force Air Education and Training Command awarded a single-award Basic Ordering Agreement to Rancher Labs, Inc. for software development, security, and operations services with a potential value of $10 million. The agreement calls for the prime contractor to provide support across the Air Force's training and education programs through January 2025.
A subsequent $21.1 million firm fixed price delivery order was issued against the agreement for the prime contractor to...
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Architecture & Integration Directorate awarded CFD Research Corporation a $900 million multiple award indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract to provide engineering, design, development, and simulation capabilities in support of multi-domain systems. Performance will take place at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio over a 10-year period from 2022 through 2027.
As the first task order against this contract vehicle, CFD Research was...