General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Poway, California, has been awarded an $8,348,999 modification (P00016) to contract FA8650-22-C-2200 for the off board sensing station, bringing the total cumulative value of this contract to $58,110,985.
This contract modification increases the cost ceiling to provide for a cost overrun in support of the design, development, and flight demonstration in an open architecture aircraft concept to achieve the goals of rapid time-to-market and low acquisition cost.
Work will be performed in Poway, California, and is expected to be completed April 26, 2024.
Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $1,801,168 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity.
Source: DoD