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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).

126 open like this View on SAM.gov Markdown

Awarded

Matrix Research Inc.

$7,319,782.00 obligated so far on USAspending

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This one was awarded in 2027

126 like it are open now in research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except nanotechnology and biotechnology)

All 126 open in research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except nanotechnology and biotechnology)

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.

Amendment 2 - Updates the Technical and Contracting Points of Contact

Amendment 3 - Updates the Technical and Contracting Points of Contact

Attachment 4 - Updates Contract Information and URLs and Contracting Points of Contact

Attachments

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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.

  1. February 15, 2024

    Solicitation

    Due May 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice 34d1dcbda7b34736beec84069544874a

    9 revisions on SAM
    • May 20, 2026: publish, solicitation
    • April 6, 2026: publish, solicitation
    • May 19, 2025: publish, solicitation
    • May 21, 2024: publish, award notice
    • February 15, 2024: publish, solicitation
    • February 9, 2023: publish, solicitation
    • February 9, 2023: publish, solicitation
    • January 26, 2021: publish, presolicitation
    • July 14, 2021: publish, solicitation

  2. February 15, 2024

    Award notice

    Awarded to University of Tennessee for $369,234. SAM.gov, notice 60d6cd6fbba342299d6ba09e50793c60

  3. February 15, 2024

    Award notice

    Awarded to University of Tennessee for $369,234. SAM.gov, notice 6d04068f8a2042e6b0bca15dee3915b9

  4. May 21, 2024

    Award notice, originally solicitation

    Awarded to SENSING STRATEGIES, Inc. Pennington for $900,070. SAM.gov, notice 3bae805f93c2415c9d3177e316284330

  5. May 19, 2025

    Solicitation

    Due May 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice bcfcb31bbf46413299e7cf01ad78b92f

    10 revisions on SAM
    • May 20, 2026: publish, solicitation
    • April 6, 2026: publish, solicitation
    • September 8, 2025: publish, award notice
    • July 23, 2025: publish, award notice
    • May 19, 2025: publish, solicitation
    • February 15, 2024: publish, solicitation
    • February 9, 2023: publish, solicitation
    • February 9, 2023: publish, solicitation
    • January 26, 2021: publish, presolicitation
    • July 14, 2021: publish, solicitation

  6. April 6, 2026

    Solicitation

    Due May 20, 2026 at 5:00 PM EDT. SAM.gov, notice 11099f1447fe4f4bb9e805dd365ef42d

    11 revisions on SAM
    • May 18, 2026: publish, award notice
    • May 20, 2026: publish, solicitation
    • April 16, 2026: publish, award notice
    • April 13, 2026: publish, award notice
    • April 6, 2026: publish, solicitation
    • May 19, 2025: publish, solicitation
    • February 15, 2024: publish, solicitation
    • February 9, 2023: publish, solicitation
    • February 9, 2023: publish, solicitation
    • January 26, 2021: publish, presolicitation
    • July 14, 2021: publish, solicitation

  7. May 20, 2026

    Solicitation

    Due January 20, 2027 at 5:00 PM EST. SAM.gov, notice dd3c2a53dfb940338c28dd06f37a32ef

    11 revisions on SAM
    • August 3, 2026: publish, award notice
    • July 28, 2026: publish, award notice
    • July 20, 2026: publish, award notice
    • May 20, 2026: publish, solicitation
    • April 6, 2026: publish, solicitation
    • May 19, 2025: publish, solicitation
    • February 15, 2024: publish, solicitation
    • February 9, 2023: publish, solicitation
    • February 9, 2023: publish, solicitation
    • January 26, 2021: publish, presolicitation
    • July 14, 2021: publish, solicitation

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