FA881926FB003↗

Name: FA881926FB003: Technical Analysis and Recommendations for Systems Engineering and the Development of Protected Tactical Military Satellite Communications
Creator: SpendQuery
License: https://www.usa.gov/government-works

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC received this contract from Fa8819 Sda and Combat Power Szk-La, Department of the Air Force: $1.65M obligated so far for national defense r&d services; atomic energy defense activities; applied research. It runs to 2028-01-01.

Key facts · data as of Oct 23, 2026

Recipient: The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC
Awarding agency: Department of the Air Force (Department of Defense)
Contracting office: Fa8819 Sda and Combat Power Szk-La (FA8819)
Obligated to date: $1.65M
Potential value: $4.74M
Ends: 2028-01-01

Source: USAspending.gov prime award records (obligations: money committed, not outlays), data as of Oct 23, 2026.

Cite this page: SpendQuery, Award FA881926FB003, data as of Oct 23, 2026, https://spendquery.com/award?id=CONT_AWD_FA881926FB003_9700_FA881924DB002_9700

The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC: all federal awards · Department of Defense: spending · Fa8819 Sda and Combat Power Szk-La: what it buys · The follow-on: recompete brief

TECHNICAL ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROTECTED TACTICAL MILITARY SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS

Delivery Order · Department of the Air Force · to The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC (UEI C1HBCJ9RMBV3) · data as of 2026-10-23

Obligated to date$1.65M3 actions

Current value$4.74Mwith options exercised

Period2026-01-09 → 2028-01-01current end date

Up for re-bid: ends 2028-01-01. Recompete brief →

What it is

Product or service: National Defense R&D Services; Atomic Energy Defense Activities; Applied Research (PSC AC22)
Industry: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) (NAICS 541715)
Contracting office: Fa8819 Sda and Combat Power Szk-La (FA8819)
Competition: Not competed
Pricing: Cost plus fixed fee
How it was bought: Single-award IDIQ · under FA881924DB002
Where the work is: Howard, MD · district MD-03

Obligations by fiscal year

FY2026$1.65M

SpendQuery holds FY2023 on; earlier years are on USAspending.gov.

Subcontractors: where the money went next

No subawards reported for this award. Primes report subawards of $30,000 or more; many awards have none.

Every action

3 actions since 2026-01-08. Each is a modification or amendment with the money it added or took back.

Date	Modification	Kind	Amount	What the agency wrote
2026-05-14	P00002	Funding only	$650.0K	TECHNICAL ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROTECTED TACTICAL MILITARY SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
2026-01-29	P00001	Funding only	$500.0K	TECHNICAL ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROTECTED TACTICAL MILITARY SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS
2026-01-08	0		$500.0K	TECHNICAL ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR SYSTEMS ENGINEERING AND THE DEVELOPMENT OF PROTECTED TACTICAL MILITARY SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS

Source: USAspending.gov prime award transactions and FSRS subaward reports, as loaded by SpendQuery (data as of 2026-10-23). Amounts are obligations (money committed), not outlays. The official record on USAspending.gov ↗

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