Beavercreek company lands $22M AFRL materials contract

2nd Lt. Evon Delisle, a Biomaterials Research Scientist, prepares muskox guard hair samples to test their break force, or load that the material can sustain before breaking, in the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Biomaterials Laboratory of the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, in May 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo / Jonathan Taulbee)

2nd Lt. Evon Delisle, a Biomaterials Research Scientist, prepares muskox guard hair samples to test their break force, or load that the material can sustain before breaking, in the Air Force Research Laboratory, or AFRL, Biomaterials Laboratory of the Materials and Manufacturing Directorate, at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, in May 2023. (U.S. Air Force photo / Jonathan Taulbee)
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Aug 17, 2023
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The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base has awarded a Beavercreek research firm a large contract to assist with materials research.

UES Inc. was awarded a $21,999,999 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the acquisition of advanced micro characterization of materials research and development, the Department of Defense said Wednesday.

Nina Joshi, chief executive of UES, Inc., of Beavercreek, in a file photo.

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This contract provides for material characterization research using electron, X-ray, and ion-optical techniques to characterize novel materials developed at AFRL’s Materials and Manufacturing Directorate.

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Work will be performed at Wright-Patterson and is expected to be completed by Nov. 16, 2027.

This contract was a competitive acquisition and two offers were received, the DOD said.

Fiscal 2022 ($30,344) and fiscal 2023 ($215,669) research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $246,013 are being obligated at time of award.

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