Contract Award: Raytheon Co. (Tewksbury, Massachusetts) – $18,860,822

Raytheon Co., Tewksbury, Massachusetts, has been awarded the option to extend terms of the contract (P00004) in the amount of $18,860,822 for previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract FA8650-21-C-7031 for surveillance processing over the Extreme Radio Frequency (RF) Bandwidths effort. The contract provides for the development of advanced signal processing technologies and techniques for future RF systems. These systems will create an asymmetric advantage for tactical operations in anti-access/area-denial environments by enhancing the operating bandwidth of real-time signal detection and recognition capabilities. Work will be performed in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, and is expected to be completed by Feb. 14, 2024. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $544,500 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity.