Monday, May 24, 2021

Contract: Stephenson Stellar, $19.7M

Stephenson Stellar Corp., Baton Rouge, La., has been awarded a $19,700,950 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide tools and techniques to enhance 5th generation wireless testing and design. This contract provides for the design, creation and operation of a fully functional 5G Independent Testing Laboratory while providing the 5G, cyber, and space expertise required to establish efficacious evaluation techniques, commensurate with the technology’s evolving complexity. Work will be performed in Baton Rouge and is expected to be completed May 23, 2024. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition and two offers were received. Fiscal 2021 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $4,001,000 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, N.Y., is the contracting activity (FA8750-21-C-1502). (Source: DoD, 05/24/21)