New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, New Mexico, has been awarded a $30,000,000 cost-reimbursement cooperative agreement for Magdalena Ridge Observatory Interferometry. The contract provides for additional telescope production, the demonstration of fringe tracking, and imagery production of objects in geosynchronous Earth orbit. Work will be performed in Socorro, New Mexico, and is expected to be completed by Dec. 31, 2026. Fiscal 2021 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $6,285,000 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, is the contracting activity (FA9453-22-2-0040). There is congressional interest pertaining to this acquisition.
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