Defense Engineering Corp., Beavercreek, Ohio, was awarded a $9,959,974 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for research and development of the Sensors for Unrivaled Multi-Function Missions with Integrated Technologies. This contract provides for research and development of antennas, front-end and back-end hardware for multifunction radio frequency systems and to evaluate the performance of innovative antenna concepts identified by Air Force Research Laboratory with traditional and non-traditional experimentation and measurement techniques capable of comparing the innovative antennas with equivalent reference antennas. This contract includes systems engineering, research, development, experimentation, and demonstration of sensor system technologies covering a large portion of the radio frequency spectrum allowing for waveform agility and advanced signal processing techniques and coordination with agencies operating unmanned/attritable platforms. Work will be performed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and is expected to be completed by Feb. 27, 2026. The award is the result of the multi-spectral sensing technologies research and development broad agency announcement (BAA), solicitation number FA8650-21-S-1180. This is two-step BAA and formal request for proposal was issued on Oct. 19, 2021. This contract was a sole source acquisition. Fiscal 2023, research and development funds in the amount of $10,000 are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-23-C-1172).
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