Definitive contract · FA945124CX023

Air Force AI contract to Spectral Energies (FA945124CX023)

Department of the Air Force (Department of Defense) signed a definitive contract with Spectral Energies on 6 Dec 2023 for: High speed predictive neural network assessment of laser performance using sparse wavefront sampling. $1.25M obligated.

Defense

Verified

Obligated
$1.25M 1
Ceiling
$1.25M 1
Signed
6 Dec 2023 1
Runs to
8 Mar 2026 1

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In context

Across 411 awards
  • Ranks 195 of 287 DoD awards in this ledger by obligated dollars, 0.13% of the agency's $984M.
  • Spectral Energies holds 2 awards here, $4.24M obligated in total.
  • Fully obligated: the obligation already equals the ceiling.
  • Period of performance: 27 months, one of 158 AI awards signed in FY2024.

Award record

Source per value
Award IDThe PIID for contracts and IDVs, the FAIN for grants and cooperative agreements, exactly as USAspending.gov lists it.
FA945124CX0231
Action dateDate the award was signed (contracts and IDVs) or the base action date (assistance), from the USAspending.gov award record.
2023-12-061
Fiscal yearFederal fiscal year of the action date. FY2025 runs 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025.
FY20241
AgencyTop-tier awarding agency, as named by USAspending.gov.
Department of Defense1
Sub-agencyAwarding sub-tier agency (for example Department of the Army inside the Department of Defense). Empty when it equals the agency.
Department of the Air Force1
RecipientThe contractor or grantee on the award, as registered in SAM.gov and shown by USAspending.gov.
Spectral Energies LLC1
Award typeThe award vehicle. Contracts and orders spend money; IDIQs, BPAs and GWACs are vehicles that orders are placed against; grants and cooperative agreements are financial assistance.
Definitive contract1
Obligated $Total federal dollars obligated on the award to date (sum of all actions, including de-obligations). This is money committed, not a ceiling.
$1,249,9491
Ceiling $Base and all options value: the most the contract or IDV can reach if every option is exercised. A ceiling is not spending; never add it to obligations. Empty for grants.
$1,249,9491
Performance startStart of the period of performance.
2023-12-081
Performance endCurrent end of the period of performance (or last date to order for an IDV).
2026-03-081
PSCProduct or Service Code on the latest contract action, with its official description.
AC32: National defense R&D services; defense-related activities; applied research1
NAICSNAICS industry code on the latest contract action, with its description.
541715: Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except nanotechnology and biotechnology)1
Award descriptionThe award description as the agency entered it, cut at about 420 characters.
HIGH SPEED PREDICTIVE NEURAL NETWORK ASSESSMENT OF LASER PERFORMANCE USING SPARSE WAVEFRONT SAMPLING1
CompetitionExtent competed on the latest contract action.
Full and open after exclusion of sources1
Offers received offersNumber of offers the agency reports receiving.
11
PricingType of contract pricing (firm fixed price, cost plus fixed fee, time and materials...).
Firm fixed price1

Source

  1. USAspending.gov award FA945124CX023 accessed 2026-11-11

Obligated is money committed to date. Ceiling is the base-and-all-options value: the most the award can reach. The two are never added.

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