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Fa9453 Afrl RVK

Department of the Air Force · Department of Defense

At a glance

  • 127 active contracts, $2.38B
  • 53% of its 253 competed contracts drew a single offer (last 3 years)
  • Usually buys through: Standalone contract

Money by year

  • FY2023$336.20M
  • FY2024$421.01M
  • FY2025$317.33M
  • FY2026$196.45M

Obligations (money committed) in prime awards, from USAspending.gov.

What it buys, FY2025

  1. 541715 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology) $303.40M
  2. 541511 Custom Computer Programming Services $9.01M
  3. 513210 Software Publishers $1.11M
  4. 541519 Other Computer Related Services $783.1K
  5. 541712 Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Biotechnology) $756.3K
  6. 511210 Software Publishers $682.6K
  7. 334517 Irradiation Apparatus Manufacturing $495.1K
  8. 334111 Electronic Computer Manufacturing $471.4K

Who it buys from, FY2025

  1. Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory $54.91M
  2. Honeywell International Inc $27.33M
  3. Axient LLC $21.01M
  4. Varda Space Industries, Inc. $17.78M
  5. Aerovironment Inc $14.48M
  6. Linquest Corporation $13.25M
  7. The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC $12.33M
  8. KBR, Inc. $11.74M
  9. Brookfield Business Partners L.P. $11.09M
  10. Canyon Consulting, LLC $11.08M

Contracts ending in the next 12 months

67 contracts, $922.65M with options. The largest:

ContractIncumbentEndsValue with options
FA945320C0015
INFRARED RADIATION EFFECTS LABORATORY (IRREL) OPERATION AND IMPROVEMENTS
Bae Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc.2026-10-10$7.69M
FA945322C0004
E014042 LOW COST POWER PANELS ARA BAA
Microlink Devices Inc2026-10-13$25.20M
FA945319C1002
UNIVERSITY WILL DEVELOP ADVANCED MATERIALS, INTERFACES, AND ELECTRICAL CONTACTS FOR HIGH-EFFICIENCY AND HIGH SPECIFIC POWER TANDEM THIN FILM PHOTOVOLTAIC (PV) TECHNOLOGIES TO MEET THE NEEDS OF THE US AIR FORCE FOR ON-DEMAND POWER IN SPACE.
University of Toledo2026-10-17$9.94M
FA945322C0040
SDL TESTBED HSA
Utah State University Space Dynamics Laboratory2026-10-19$11.38M
FA945323CA039
PHYSICAL SCIENCES, INC. AND HARVARD UNIVERSITY WILL DEVELOP HIGH-POWER EXTERNAL-CAVITY LASER MODULATOR FOR INTEGRATED TRANSMITTER UNITS THAT WILL GREATLY REDUCE THE SIZE, WEIGHT, POWER, AND COST OF SPACE-BASED LASER COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS.
Physical Sciences Inc.2026-11-10$1.25M
FA945321C0002
SURVIVABILITY, ATTRIBUTION, AND SELF-SENSING INTEGRATED EXPERIMENT (SASSIE)
Bluehalo LLC2026-11-12$35.55M
FA945321C0026
PERFORMANCE MODELING TOOLKIT FOR AUTONOMOUS ELECTRO-OPTICAL IMAGING SOLUTIONS TO F2T FROM PLEO
Spectral Sciences, Inc2026-11-12$10.57M
FA945325FX003
PROVIDE UNBIASED SPACE SYSTEMS KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCED PROFESSIONAL A AND AS SERVICES SUPPORT TO AIR FORCE RESEARCH LAB SPACE VEHICLES DIRECTORATE.
Tecolote Research, Inc.2026-11-16$5.69M
FA945319C1001
SOLAERO PROPOSES TO DEVELOP SOLAR CELL, CIC, AND ARRAY TECHNOLOGIES THAT COMBINE TO EXCEED THE PROGRAM OBJECTIVES OF SOLAR ARRAYS THAT EXHIBIT A) GREATER THAN 60 KWM3 STOWED POWER DENSITY, 1) GREATER THAN 200 WKG SPECIFIC POWER, AND 2) IMPROVED SOLAR ARRAY ROBUSTNESS AGAINST NATURAL AND MAN-MADE THREATS VIA IMPROVED SURVIVABILITY, AND TO DO SO WITH SIGNIFICANT COST REDUCTION. THIS COMMITMENT HAS UNIQUELY POSITIONED SOLAERO TO SERVICE THE RAPIDLY EVOLVING SMALLER SATELLITE, NON-GEO TELECOMMUNICATIONS SECTOR BY REDUCING MANUFACTURING COST WHILE ENSURING AMPLE CAPACITY FOR HIGH RATE DELIVERY AT THE LEVEL OF QUALITY DEMANDED BY SATELLITE APPLICATIONS.
Solaero Technologies Corp.2026-11-28$5.44M
FA945326FX010
THIS TASK ORDER IS FOR THE ORDER OF LAUNCH SERVICES IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER 2026.
Varda Space Industries, Inc.2026-11-30$4.11M

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