Zenith Program: Honeywell to Develop Advanced Liquid Mirror Technologies for Space Applications

Honeywell International, Phoenix, Arizona, was awarded a $7,946,797 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Phase Two of the Zenith program. The Zenith program seeks to develop size-scalable liquid mirror materials and methods by which liquid mirrors may be compelled to maintain shape for space and ground telescope applications. Work will be performed in Avon, New York (24%); Des Plaines, Illinois (20%); Atlanta, Georgia (20%); Phoenix, Arizona (16%); Cambridge, Ontario, Canada (10%); and Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (10%), with an expected completion date of November 2026. Fiscal 2024 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $1,517,762 are being obligated at time of award. This contract is a competitive acquisition in which four proposals were received in response to Broad Agency Announcement HR001124S0021. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity (HR001125C0308).