Solicitation

Multi-Spectral Sensing Technologies Research and Development (MUSTER)

FA8650-21-S-1180

Department of the Air Force, FA8650 USAF AFMC AFRL PZL Afrl/Pzl. Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology).

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Awarded

Matrix Research Inc.

$7,319,782.00 obligated so far on USAspending

Description

As published on SAM.gov.

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Multispectral Sensing and Detection Division (RYM) in the Sensors Directorate conducts basic and applied research, advanced technology development, as well as test and evaluation to meet U.S. Air Force (USAF) aerospace electro-optical (EO) and radio frequency (RF) sensor needs for air, space and C2 sensor systems.

AFRL/RYM conducts programs in modeling, simulation, research, design, test and evaluation of RF and EO subsystems and sensors for use in offensive, defensive and integrated offensive/defensive systems. AFRL/RYM ensures unequaled persistent intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance; time sensitive targeting; and battlespace access capabilities for America’s air and space forces by developing, demonstrating and transitioning advanced RF and EO sensors. AFRL/RYM is soliciting innovative research proposals in the following Thirteen (13) research areas.

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The contract, on USAspending

Federal procurement data the awarding office reported to FPDS, matched to this solicitation by its number.

Recipient: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
UEI: H9M6J1PND9M3
CAGE: 15055
Vendor location: Linthicum Heights, MD
Contract: FA237723C0002, definitive contract
Obligated: $7,319,782.00, current value $11,099,362
Actions: 16 between March 8, 2024 and March 23, 2026
Competition: Full and Open Competition, 40 offers received
Set-aside reported: No Set Aside Used.
Described as: Advanced Staring Infrared Search and Track Technologies Phase 3
Match: solicitation number FA865021S1180 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same sub-agency 5700 (high confidence)
Record: USAspending award page

Recipient: Sensing Strategies, Inc.
UEI: T39HLY9G7R15
CAGE: 1Q2P1
Vendor location: Pennington, NJ
Contract: FA237724CB006, definitive contract
Obligated: $675,000.00, current value $900,070
Actions: 3 between May 21, 2024 and May 21, 2025
Competition: Full and Open Competition, 1 offer received
Set-aside reported: No Set Aside Used.
Described as: Novel Camera Research and Technology Transition
Match: award number FA237724CB006 equals the contract number; same sub-agency 5700 (high confidence)
Record: USAspending award page

Recipient: Sri International
UEI: SRG2J1WS9X63
CAGE: 03652
Vendor location: Menlo Park, CA
Contract: FA237724FB007 under FA237724DB006, delivery order
Obligated: $2,795,004.55, current value $5,249,263
Actions: 14 between August 5, 2024 and June 4, 2026
Competition: Full and Open Competition
Described as: Electro-Optical, Infra-Red, and Ir Search and Track
Match: solicitation number FA865021S1180 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same sub-agency 5700 (high confidence)
Record: USAspending award page

Recipient: Saab, Inc.
UEI: H5FMLSGM29L1
CAGE: 1EG52
Vendor location: East Syracuse, NY
Contract: FA237725CB002, definitive contract
Obligated: $3,499,956.00
Actions: 2 between July 23, 2025 and February 25, 2026
Competition: Full and Open Competition, 1 offer received
Set-aside reported: No Set Aside Used.
Described as: Airborne Multifunction Unmanned Sensor for Exploration
Match: solicitation number FA865021S1180 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same sub-agency 5700 (high confidence)
Record: USAspending award page

Recipient: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
UEI: H9M6J1PND9M3
CAGE: 15055
Vendor location: Linthicum Heights, MD
Contract: FA237725CB005, definitive contract
Obligated: $1,827,096.00, current value $4,626,437
Actions: 3 between September 5, 2025 and April 15, 2026
Competition: Full and Open Competition, 1 offer received
Set-aside reported: No Set Aside Used.
Described as: ACT-IV Ongoing Development, Integration, Experimentation, and Validation for Enhanced Lethality
Match: solicitation number FA865021S1180 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same sub-agency 5700 (high confidence)
Record: USAspending award page

Recipient: Scitec Innovations LLC
UEI: H2A8W4DR7223
CAGE: 2S031
Vendor location: Princeton, NJ
Contract: FA237726CB002, definitive contract
Obligated: $300,000.00, current value $6,056,304
Actions: 1 between April 15, 2026 and April 15, 2026
Competition: Full and Open Competition, 1 offer received
Set-aside reported: No Set Aside Used.
Described as: Advanced Algorithm R&D Architecture
Match: solicitation number FA865021S1180 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same sub-agency 5700 (high confidence)
Record: USAspending award page

Recipient: Rincon Research Corporation
UEI: FQT4ZAGJXKW3
CAGE: 02DR7
Vendor location: Tucson, AZ
Contract: FA865022C1022, definitive contract
Obligated: $388,000.00, current value $11,244,141
Actions: 3 between August 7, 2024 and March 23, 2026
Competition: Full and Open Competition, 40 offers received
Set-aside reported: No Set Aside Used.
Described as: Radio Frequency Awareness with Geolocation and Edge Processing
Match: solicitation number FA865021S1180 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office FA8650 (high confidence)
Record: USAspending award page

Recipient: Defense Engineering Corp.
UEI: HS4NAMYGYJ98
CAGE: 53M07
Vendor location: Beavercreek, OH
Contract: FA865022C1026, definitive contract
Obligated: $8,140,541.65, current value $14,699,823
Actions: 26 between February 5, 2024 and June 1, 2026
Competition: Full and Open Competition, 1 offer received
Set-aside reported: No Set Aside Used.
Described as: Development, Integration, Experimentation of Sensors for Enhanced Lethality
Match: solicitation number FA865021S1180 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office FA8650 (high confidence)
Record: USAspending award page

Recipient: Senseeker Corp.
UEI: EKC3M5MM9LU5
CAGE: 687A8
Vendor location: Santa Barbara, CA
Contract: FA865022C1027, definitive contract
Obligated: $829,500.00, current value $2,349,948
Actions: 3 between August 9, 2024 and July 21, 2025
Competition: Full and Open Competition, 1 offer received
Set-aside reported: No Set Aside Used.
Described as: Large Format High Dynamic Range Lwir Solution for Airborne
Match: solicitation number FA865021S1180 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office FA8650 (high confidence)
Record: USAspending award page

Recipient: Blackhorse, a Parsons LLC
UEI: CFKVXZJ329K7
CAGE: 54VJ4
Vendor location: Herndon, VA
Contract: FA865022C1031, definitive contract
Obligated: $0.00, current value $5,397,753
Actions: 1 between April 8, 2026 and April 8, 2026
Competition: Full and Open Competition, 40 offers received
Set-aside reported: No Set Aside Used.
Described as: Autonomy in Software Defined Radios (Asder)
Match: solicitation number FA865021S1180 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; awarding office not confirmed (medium confidence)
Record: USAspending award page

Recipient: Matrix Research Inc.
UEI: NN7YUFMM88M7
CAGE: 48G23
Vendor location: Beavercreek, OH
Contract: FA865022C1048, definitive contract
Obligated: $5,814,506.54, current value $9,129,127
Actions: 16 between January 9, 2024 and April 27, 2026
Competition: Full and Open Competition, 40 offers received
Set-aside reported: No Set Aside Used.
Described as: Distributed Airborne Coherence
Match: solicitation number FA865021S1180 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office FA8650 (high confidence)
Record: USAspending award page

Recipient: University of Wisconsin System
UEI: LCLSJAGTNZQ7
CAGE: 09FZ2
Vendor location: Madison, WI
Contract: FA865023C1018, definitive contract
Obligated: $78,873.00, current value $359,052
Actions: 6 between March 28, 2024 and May 20, 2026
Competition: Full and Open Competition, 1 offer received
Set-aside reported: No Set Aside Used.
Described as: Fundamentals of the Rydberg RF Field Detector Using Dual Autler-Townes Tuning
Match: solicitation number FA865021S1180 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office FA8650 (high confidence)
Record: USAspending award page

Recipient: University of Tennessee
UEI: R7UDMNZJNFU5
CAGE: 4B491
Vendor location: Tullahoma, TN
Contract: FA865023C1044, definitive contract
Obligated: $60,000.00, current value $369,234
Actions: 3 between September 25, 2025 and March 12, 2026
Competition: Full and Open Competition, 1 offer received
Set-aside reported: No Set Aside Used.
Described as: Adaptive and Parallell Space-Angle Discontinous Galerkin for Radiative Transfer Equations
Match: solicitation number FA865021S1180 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office FA8650 (high confidence)
Record: USAspending award page

Recipient: Applied Signals Intelligence, Inc.
UEI: CQJRVMX1CMJ5
CAGE: 4Q0G1
Vendor location: Sterling, VA
Contract: FA865023C1058, definitive contract
Obligated: -$59,189.00, current value $4,006,530
Actions: 1 between July 2, 2024 and July 2, 2024
Competition: Full and Open Competition, 40 offers received
Set-aside reported: No Set Aside Used.
Described as: Framework and Applications for Direction-Finding at the Edge
Match: solicitation number FA865021S1180 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office FA8650 (high confidence)
Record: USAspending award page

Recipient: Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp.
UEI: L3G5SBQ2PLK5
CAGE: 1FEZ4
Vendor location: Atlanta, GA
Contract: FA865023C1066, definitive contract
Obligated: $912,500.00, current value $22,692,757
Actions: 9 between June 6, 2024 and April 14, 2026
Competition: Full and Open Competition, 1 offer received
Set-aside reported: No Set Aside Used.
Described as: Gtri Autonomous Technology Exploratory Research
Match: solicitation number FA865021S1180 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office FA8650 (high confidence)
Record: USAspending award page

Recipient: Matrix Research Inc.
UEI: NN7YUFMM88M7
CAGE: 48G23
Vendor location: Beavercreek, OH
Contract: FA865023C1067, definitive contract
Obligated: $8,558,500.00, current value $12,327,270
Actions: 28 between January 31, 2024 and June 4, 2026
Competition: Full and Open Competition, 1 offer received
Set-aside reported: No Set Aside Used.
Described as: Multi-Spectral Sensing Technologies 3 in 1
Match: solicitation number FA865021S1180 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same awarding office FA8650 (high confidence)
Record: USAspending award page

Recipient: Sri International
UEI: SRG2J1WS9X63
CAGE: 03652
Vendor location: Menlo Park, CA
Contract: FA237724DB006
Obligated: $0.00, potential $6,000,000
Actions: 4 between August 5, 2024 and May 11, 2026
Competition: Full and Open Competition, 1 offer received
Set-aside reported: No Set Aside Used.
Described as: Research and Development of Integrated Capabilities for Lethality Enhanced Sensors
Match: solicitation number FA865021S1180 equals the FPDS solicitation identifier; same sub-agency 5700 (high confidence)
Record: USAspending award page

Publications

Every notice SAM.gov issued under this solicitation number, oldest first. Each is a separate record on SAM.

February 15, 2024
Solicitation
Due May 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice 34d1dcbda7b34736beec84069544874a
February 15, 2024
Award notice
Awarded to University of Tennessee for $369,234. SAM.gov, notice 60d6cd6fbba342299d6ba09e50793c60
February 15, 2024
Award notice
Awarded to University of Tennessee for $369,234. SAM.gov, notice 6d04068f8a2042e6b0bca15dee3915b9
May 21, 2024
Award notice, originally solicitation
Awarded to SENSING STRATEGIES, Inc. Pennington for $900,070. SAM.gov, notice 3bae805f93c2415c9d3177e316284330
May 19, 2025
Solicitation
Due May 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice bcfcb31bbf46413299e7cf01ad78b92f
April 6, 2026
Solicitation
Due May 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice 11099f1447fe4f4bb9e805dd365ef42d
May 20, 2026
Solicitation
Due January 20, 2027 at 5:00 PM EST. SAM.gov, notice dd3c2a53dfb940338c28dd06f37a32ef

Points of contact

Jamie Jones-Brooksjamie.jones-brooks@us.af.mil385-634-5319
Travis Whitetravis.white.17@us.af.mil385-636-2352

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