Contract Award: Honeywell International Inc. (Phoenix, Arizona) – $22,467,124

Honeywell International Inc., Phoenix, Arizona, is awarded a $22,467,124 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the development, build and demonstration of the Compact Rubidium Extended Stability Timing (CREST) — a ruggedized atomic clock module with a unique combination of performance and size, weight and power, capable of the absolute accuracy of a commercial cesium beam clock in a VPX-card-like form-factor. The CREST module will be designed to provide uninterrupted Global Positioning System (GPS)-quality timing holdover in challenging military environments. Work will be performed in Phoenix, Arizona, with an expected completion date of Dec. 21, 2026. The maximum dollar value, including a 24-month base period, one 24-month option period and one 12-month option period, is $22,467,124. Fiscal 2021 research, development, test and evaluation (Defense-wide) funds in the amount of $2,630,000 are obligated at time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured under long range broad agency announcement (BAA) N00014-21-S-B001. Since proposals are received throughout the year under the long range BAA, the number of proposals received in response to the solicitation is unknown. The Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N00014-22-C-1043).