This federal contract award with ID HR001120C0055 was issued by the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA), a component of the U.S. Department of Defense, to Kitware Inc., a software company specializing in open-source solutions and advanced technical computing services. The $6,899,968.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is for the "Science of Artificial Intelligence and Learning for Open-World Novelty (SAIL-ON)" program, which was originally solicited by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) Defense Sciences Office.
The SAIL-ON program aims to develop competency-aware machine learning capabilities that enable autonomous systems to self-assess their task competency, express it in human-understandable form, and control their behaviors to match user expectations. This supports DARPA's goal of transforming autonomous systems into trusted, collaborative partners for human operators. Kitware is performing the research and development work under this contract, with subcontractors including the University of Colorado Colorado Springs and the University of Notre Dame, both of which have extensive experience supporting federal R&D initiatives across defense, energy, and scientific research domains.
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