Contract Award: Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory (Laurel, Maryland) – $49,673,419

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, Maryland, was awarded a $49,673,419 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This contract provides for engineering, management, technical support, and operational expertise to the Integrated Capabilities Directorate for the improvement of architectures required by the Air Force and Space Force to accomplish their assigned missions. Work will be performed in Laurel, Maryland, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 7, 2026. This award is the result of a sole source acquisition. Fiscal 2022 research and development funds in the amount of $322,817; and fiscal 2023 research and development funds in the amount of $7,510,000 are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-23-C-9302).