DCS Corp., Alexandria, Virginia, is awarded a $9,608,036 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N0017323C600) for the research, development, and application-oriented activities in the generation, propagation, detection, and use of radiation in the wavelength region between near-ultraviolet and far-infrared wavelengths. The contract does not include options; the cumulative value of this contract to $9,608,036. Work will be performed in Washington, D.C., and is expected to be completed by Oct. 31, 2023. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test, and evaluation (Navy) in the amount of $200,000 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured per Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1 — only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N0017323C6000).