Federal award (DELIVERY ORDER, fiscal year 2021)
Recipient: THE BOEING COMPANY
Awarding agency: Department of Defense / Department of the Air Force
Funding agency: Department of Defense / Department of the Air Force
Period of performance: 2017-07-24 to 2023-04-05
Current total value of award: $16804072.5
Description: THE SPACE ELECTRO-OPTICS (EO) DIVISION (AFRL/RDS) IS RESPONSIBLE TO THE DIRECTED ENERGY DIRECTORATE, AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY, FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF EO AND DIRECTED ENERGY (DE) TECHNOLOGIES IN SUPPORT OF SPACE SUPERIORITY CAPABILITIES. R&D EFFORTS IN THE DIVISION PRIMARILY FOCUS ON THE AREAS OF SPACE SITUATIONAL AWARENESS (SSA), LASER PROPAGATION, SECURE LASER COMMUNICATIONS, OPTICAL IMAGING, SPACE OBJECT CHARACTERIZATION, AND ADVANCED TRACKING.