U.S. LOOKS TO DEVELOP NEW MULTIPLE WAVEFORM GROUND RADIO
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa -- Collins Aerospace has been awarded an $8,714,641 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, from the United States Air Force, for Software Programmable Agile Radio for Tactical Connected Ubiquitous Systems software/hardware system prototype. This contract provides for the communication challenges of multi-domain operation by combining the Software Programmable Agile Radio next program’s true Software Defined Radio approach with low-cost, state-of-the-art, digital hardware and front-end modularity, to develop a low-cost, high-performance ground radio that supports multiple waveforms. Work will be performed in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and is expected to be completed Sept. by 21, 2023.
This award is the result of a competitive acquisition and two offers were received. Fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $530,000 are being obligated at time of award.
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, New York, is the contracting activity. The contract award number is FA8750-20-C-1542.