Contract Award: Defense Research Associates Inc. (Beavercreek, Ohio) – $11,098,274

Defense Research Associates Inc.,* Beavercreek, Ohio, has been awarded an $11,098,274 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for research and development.  This contract provides research and development to transition technologies related to long-duration multispectral sensor technology utilizing radiation from numerous sources to obtain warfighter objectives/advantages. Work will be performed in Dayton, Ohio, and is expected to be complete by January 6, 2025.  This award is the result of a Small-Business Innovation Research Phase III request for proposal.  Fiscal 2018 research and development funds in the amount of $200,000 are being obligated at time of award.  Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio is the contracting activity (FA8650-19-C-1600).