The U.S. Navy's Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded a $240,322 firm-fixed-price purchase order contract to Applied Ocean Sciences, LLC (AOS) for work related to "INFORMATION CONTENT OF OCEAN NOISE AND ACOUSTIC SOURCES OF OPPORTUNITY". This contract was issued under an unrestricted ONR solicitation seeking proposals for long-range science and technology projects that could advance Navy and Marine Corps operations. AOS is a small business that provides marine research, engineering, and consulting services to federal agencies, particularly the Department of Defense. While this specific contract had no set-aside requirements, AOS has a history of winning Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) awards from ONR and other defense agencies for early-stage R&D. The company often collaborates with academic partners on these government-funded research projects.