Contract Award: XL Scientific LLC doing business as Verus Research (Albuquerque, New Mexico) – $15,688,404

XL Scientific LLC, doing business as Verus Research,* Albuquerque, New Mexico, is awarded a $15,688,404 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the development, test, and evaluation of a Dual X-Band High-Power Microwave Test and Evaluation (T&E) System. The contract does not include options. Work will be performed in Albuquerque, New Mexico (90%); and at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C. (10%). The effort is expected to be completed by July 2025. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test, and evaluation (Department of Defense) funds in the amount of $6,694,242 will be obligated at time of award. Funds in the amount of $6,694,242 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N0017323C2005).