Contract Award: KBR Wyle Services (Lexington Park, Maryland) – $24,973,847

KBR Wyle Services, Lexington Park, Maryland, has been awarded a $24,973,847 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the development of robust capabilities to better understand and predict motion, perform data association, Initial Orbit Determination, and maneuver detection. This contract provides for better understanding chaotic orbits in the XGEO domain, N-body problems, and improved gravity models including developing and evaluating Space Situational Awareness frameworks, with an emphasis on non-traditional orbits, to understand the technical trades associated with the larger SSA architecture. Work will be performed at Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, and is expected to be completed August 31, 2028. This contract was a competitive acquisition, and one offer was received. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $7,093,144 are being obligated at time of award. The Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland AFB, New Mexico, is the contracting activity (FA9453-23-C-X001).