Air Force Research to Examine Microscopy Materials

UES Incorporated, Dayton, Ohio, has been awarded a $21,969,637 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to perform materials characterization research of aerospace materials and to develop tools, software and techniques to advance the state of the art in electron, x-ray, ion and optical microscopy as it pertains to materials characterization and microanalysis. Work will be performed at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, with an expected completion date of April 3, 2023. Fiscal 2017 research and development funds in the amount of $238,550 are being obligated at the time of award. This contract was a competitive acquisition, and two offers were received. Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity. (FA8650-18-C-5291).