Small Businesses are Developing Digital Signal Processing Capabilities for AFRL

Black River Systems Inc.,* Utica, New York (FA8750-21-D-1001), North Point Defense Inc.,* Rome, New York (FA8750-21-D-1002); and Geon Technologies LLC,* Columbia, Maryland (FA8750-21-D-1003), have been awarded a $49,900,000 maximum ordering amount, multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with cost-plus-fixed-fee or firm-fixed-price orders for technical documentation, technical reports, software, and hardware. The scope of this effort is to perform research, development, enhancement, and integration of technologies to develop digital signal processing capabilities that will scan through the Radio Frequency spectrum to detect high priority-emissions. This contract will also provide for research and the development/integration of technologies that will provide collection, detection, exploitation and geo-location capabilities of emerging signals of interest to various collection platforms. Work will be performed in Rome, New York, and is expected to be completed July 15, 2028. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition with 10 offers received. Fiscal 2021 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $4,406,237 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, New York, is the contracting activity. *Small Business