Contract Award: Maxar Solutions Inc. (Ypsilanti, Michigan) – $19,955,900

Maxar Solutions Inc., Ypsilanti, Michigan, was awarded a $19,955,900 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Red Wing accelerated processing, exploitation, and dissemination (PED) software. This contract provides for the advancement of the Red Wing platform by improving the portability and flexibility of the architecture and deploying it across multiple domains, including various security domains and remote/edge environments. This will be achieved by integrating with external storage segments, integrating new data sources and visualization services, developing new algorithmic capabilities, and delivering robust algorithm characterizations to inform user expectations. Various architecture and algorithm trade studies will inform the optimal course of action. This effort aims to improve interoperability across traditionally disparate systems by providing geospatial intelligence analysts with a robust PED environment that supports evolving mission needs. This effort will also update the National System of Geospatial Intelligence sensor independent standards to keep pace with the myriad of new sensors. Work will be performed in Ypsilanti, Michigan, and is expected to be completed by June 28, 2026. Fiscal 2023, research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $5,225,000 are being obligated at the time of the award. This contract is a competitive acquisition, and two offers were received. The Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, New York, is the contracting activity (FA8750-23-C-1507).