Definitive Contract FA875021C1005

Award Date 4/13/21
Potential Completion Date 10/12/22
Potential Value $1.3M
Funding Federal Agency
Air Force Research Laboratory
Contracting Federal Agency
Defense Contract Management Agency
Ultimate Awardee
Not listed
Set-Aside Type
No Set-Aside Used
Federal Contract Vehicle
Extent Competed
Full and Open Competition
Major Defense Program
Not listed
Pricing Type
Cost Plus Fixed Fee
Place of Performance
Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Solicitation Procedures
Basic Research
Number Of Offers Received
2
Legislative Mandate
Not listed
National Interest Action
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Research Type
Not listed
Primary Consortia Member
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This is a $1,330,403 cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to RTX BBN Technologies, Inc. (doing business as BBN Technologies), a research and engineering services provider specializing in advanced technology development for the U.S. government. The contract is for the "Learning Expertise from AMC Planners" (LEAP) program, which seeks to leverage the perceptual expertise of human planners to augment existing machine planners to improve their performance.

The contract was awarded without a set-aside and has an ultimate completion date of October 12, 2022. BBN Technologies is the prime contractor, and one major subcontractor is the Florida Institute of Technology Inc. (doing business as Florida TECH), a private university and non-profit organization that provides research and technical services to federal agencies. This contract supports AFRL's mission in advancing cutting-edge technologies for military applications, particularly in areas like artificial intelligence, machine learning, and autonomous systems.

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