Source Multiple Integrated Radio Frequency (SMIRF)

The Source Multiple Integrated Radio Frequency (SMIRF) Master Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract, awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), focuses on advanced research and development of passive and active radio frequency (RF) systems. The contract supports critical national security domains including Signals Intelligence (SIGINT), Electronic Warfare (EW), Global Positioning System (GPS), and Command Control Communications Computers Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR). Technical work encompasses engineering trade studies, geolocation algorithm development, RF sensor resource management, and integrated sensor system research with potential applications involving hardware and software integration on various aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles.

Task orders under the SMIRF IDIQ demonstrate a range of technical research initiatives, typically valued between $475,000 and $19.8 million, with performance periods spanning 1-5 years. Prime contractors have included Georgia Tech Applied Research Corporation (GTARC), Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation, and Macaulay-Brown Inc., representing a mix of academic research institutions and defense contractors. The task orders are consistently cost-plus-fixed-fee contracts without small business set-asides, focusing on developing distributed sensing networks, RF technologies, and advanced sensor capabilities. All task orders are funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory and appear to be primarily performed at or in collaboration with academic and defense research facilities, with a notable concentration of work at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.