WASHINGTON - Lockheed Martin Corp., of Sunnyvale, California, has been awarded a $9,400,015 competitive cost-plus-fixed- fee contract for the Low Power Laser Demonstrator (LPLD) Phase 1 effort. No options are contemplated. Under this new contract, the contractor will perform the next step for the LPLD effort that addresses laser power and aperture size by integrating and testing a low power laser on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
The work will be performed in Sunnyvale, California; Palo Alto, California; Louisville, Colorado; and Albuquerque, New Mexico, with an estimated completion date of July 5, 2018. The period of performance is nine-months from Oct. 6, 2017 through July 5, 2018.
This contract was competitively procured via publication on the Federal Business Opportunities website through an Advanced Technology Innovation broad agency announcement HQ0147-15-ATI-BAA. Fiscal 2017 research, development, test and engineering funds in the amount of $2,000,000 are being obligated at the time of award.
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency, Albuquerque, New Mexico, is the contracting activity. The contract award number is HQ0277-18-C-0001.