On March 28, the missile defense agency division of the U.S. department of defense at redstone Arsenal, ala., awarded a $8,272,568 cost-plus award to L3 applied technologies corp. to conduct modeling and experimental studies of lasaer pointer-plasma interactions.
It is understood that the contract includes the basic work cycle clause, corresponding to the amount of $4,0356,518; An optional follow-up cycle provision of $423,605 million. Under the contract, L3 applied technologies will investigate, model and perform principle validation, conduct scaled ground test demonstrations to evaluate the ability of laser augmentation and transfer to plasma. Party b shall perform the work stipulated in the contract in SAN leandro for a period of 8 months from March 2019 to November 2019. The optional work cycle will last five months, from December 2019 to April 2020.
The award of the contract is the result of a competitive procurement, and at the time of award, the missile defense agency was allocating $3,586,824 from the research, development, test and certification fund for fiscal year 2019.