Phase Sensitive Innovations Inc., Newark, Delaware, was awarded an $8,844,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the acquisition of Advanced Thin-film Optical Modulators research and development. This contract provides for development of wafer fabrication processes of thin film lithium niobate, which advances analog photonic components and links needed for next generation communications and radar systems. Work will be performed in Newark, Delaware, and is expected to be completed by Sept. 30, 2027. This contract was a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $8,844,000 are being obligated at time of award. The Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-21-C-5029).