Kratos Southern Research Engineering Division (SRE), San Diego, California, is awarded an $8,626,277 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for thermo-mechanical, high-heat/high-sheer reentry material testing. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $46,706,191. This contract combines purchases for the Navy (60%) and the government of United Kingdom (40%) under the Foreign Military Sales program. Work will be performed in Birmingham, Alabama, and is expected to be completed by June 2024. If all options are exercised, work will continue through June 2028. Fiscal 2023 operation and maintenance, Navy funds in the amount of $437,000 will be obligated at time of award, of which $437,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1) [now 10 U.S. Code 3204(a)(1)] (only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements). The Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N00178-23-C-2405).