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Contract Award: Ball Aerospace Advanced Technology and Information Solutions (Fairborn, Ohio) – $13,983,452

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, August 1st, 2023

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Ball Aerospace Advanced Technology and Information Solutions, Fairborn, Ohio, has been awarded a $13,983,452 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00016) to previously awarded FA8650-21-F-6272 for Responsive Operator-Interface Development. This modification brings the total cumulative face value of the contract to $28,057,769 from $14,074,317. Work will be performed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, and is expected to be completed by February 5, 2026. Fiscal 2022 and 2023 research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $9,942,745 are being obligated at time of award. The Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity.

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