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Contract Award: Anduril Industries Inc. (Costa Mesa, California) – $8,086,934

Anduril Industries, Inc., Costa Mesa, California, has been awarded an $8,086,934 contract modification (P00010) to a previously awarded SBIR III contract FA8823-21-C-0002 for fielding of a latticed mesh network to additional space surveillance network sites. This is a modification that captures Space Systems Command’s objectives for Phase III SBIR to continue research and development of prototyping of reliable, secure, redundant, and resilient mesh networking capabilities for Space Domain Awareness Space Surveillance Network Sensors. The modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $10,586,934. This effort supports adding sensor sites and reflect hardening of the current sensor sites. Work will be performed in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Costa Mesa, California, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2024. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $5,236,000 are being obligated at the time of award. The Space Systems Center Directorate of Contracting, Peterson Space Force Base, Colorado Springs, Colorado, is the contracting activity.  

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