Contract Award: Raytheon Co. (McKinney, Texas) – $36,138,347

Raytheon Co., McKinney, Texas, has been awarded a $36,138,347 contract for Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI). This contract seeks to establish the ability to communicate with military platforms via multiple commercial space internet constellations in various orbital regimes using common user terminal and hardware elements. Work will be performed in McKinney and is expected to be completed by March 6, 2026. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition under the DEUCSI Advanced Research Announcement Open Two Step Solicitation. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition with one offer received. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $15,000,000 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8650-23-C-9312). (Awarded June 9, 2023)