This is a $84,733,366 Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract awarded by the Office of Naval Research (ONR) to Georgia Tech Applied Research Corporation (GTARC) to investigate the extension of swarming autonomy from expendable, autonomous unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) to enable heterogeneity across sensor modalities and super swarm systems. The contract has a completion date of September 11, 2027.
The contract was awarded under a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) that was open to all contractors, with no set-aside designation. GTARC, a non-profit research organization affiliated with the Georgia Institute of Technology, will leverage the university's research capabilities to provide technical services to the Navy in areas such as autonomous systems, sensor development, and modeling and simulation. The contract is part of ONR's efforts to advance naval capabilities through long-range science and technology (S&T) projects.
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