ITT Wins $25M for High Powered Microwave Antenna Research
ITT Industries in Alexandria, VA received a $25 million indefinite-delivery /indefinite-quantity contract to provide for research & development under a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) entitled “wideband antennas and sources research.” The basic contract covers high power microwave (HPM) wideband antennas and sources, analysis of new materials, development of impulse radar technology for target detection and identification, and theoretic analysis on advanced HPM concepts. A task order will be awarded at the same time as the basic contract and it will provide more specific R&D requirements.
Work will be performed at ITT Industries, Albuquerque, NM, and will be complete by August 2011. Solicitation began December 2004 and negotiations were completed August 2005. Detachment 8 Air Force Research Laboratory at Kirtland Air Force Base, NM issued the contract (FA9451-05-D-0233).