University of Hawaii Wins $12M Air Force Contract for Satellite Resiliency R&D

University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, has been awarded an $11,980,000 cost-no-fee contract for Pacific Architecture for Rapid Space Exploitation and Control. This contract provides for unique satellite resiliency research and modeling to support Air Force Research Laboratory’s Maui High Performance Computing Center. Work will be performed in Maui, Hawaii, and is expected to be completed by May 1, 2031. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition under the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Directed Energy Technology Experimentation and Research Advance Research Announcement. Fiscal 2025 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $1,778,584 are being obligated at time of award. Air Force Research Laboratory, Kirtland Air Force Base, New Mexico, is the contracting activity (FA9451-26-C-X001).