Cutting-Edge Airborne Electronics: North Star Scientific Wins $13.7M Navy Development Contract

North Star Scientific Corp.,* Kapolei, Hawaii, is awarded a $13,746,890 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N0001925F0217) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001924G0014). This order provides modeling, hardware design and construction, testing and data analysis in preparation for and execution of full-scale testing in support of Small Business Innovation Research Phase III, Topic N06-125 “L-Band Solid-State High-Power Amplifier for Airborne Platforms.” Work will be performed in Honolulu, Hawaii (44.39%); Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (44.99%); San Leandro, California (7.70%); Newark, Delaware (1.13%); and Warminster, Pennsylvania (1.79%), and is expected to be completed in June 2027. Fiscal 2024 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $13,746,890 will be obligated at time of award, all of which will expire at the end of the fiscal year. Naval Air System Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.