GE Vernova Operations LLC

GE Vernova Operations LLC, doing business as GE Vernova Advanced Research Center, delivers advanced research and development services in robotics, energy systems, cybersecurity, and materials science to the Department of Defense, Department of Energy, and the Department of the Navy as a prime contractor (61% of recent awards) and as a subcontractor on defense and energy programs (39%). The company operates as a for-profit limited liability company headquartered in Niskayuna, New York, with a primary research facility in Schenectady, New York; it does not compete under set-aside categories and pursues full-and-open federal contracting.

GE Vernova's federal customer base concentrates heavily on Department of Energy programs. The top five funding agencies account for 79% of recent awards, anchored by the Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (17 awards), the Department of Energy Advanced Research Projects Agency (9 awards), and the Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy (9 awards), with the Department of Energy Office of Cyber Security and the Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration each accounting for 7 awards. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency leads the potential-value ranking at $24.8 million combined potential value across 4 awards, while the Navy (Office of Naval Research and Naval Information Warfare Systems Command) contributes $4.5 million across 6 awards. The divergence between award-count and dollar rankings reflects GE Vernova's role as the prime on larger DARPA contracts and as the recipient on multiple smaller DOE grant awards.

GE Vernova's capability portfolio spans defense robotics, clean energy technologies, grid modernization, and nuclear fuel safeguards. Representative prime work includes an $6.98 million DARPA definitive contract awarded in November 2024 for ZENITH Phase 2, which focuses on design, build, and validation of ground-based, tiltable, scalable, damage-resilient liquid mirrors to support future ground and space systems; an $800,000 cost-no-fee Office of Naval Research contract awarded in January 2026 for the BOREWORM (Buried Ordnance Access Through Wormlike Robotic Machine) European Command Demonstration project, which develops robotic systems for ordnance neutralization in European theater operations; and a $1.31 million cost-plus fixed fee Office of Naval Research contract awarded in May 2024 for development of experimentally validated performance and degradation models of solid oxide co-electrolysis cells for sustainable aviation fuel production. GE Vernova holds two indefinite delivery contracts under the Navy (N0001416D4001 and N0001422D7004), each supporting one task order.

On the grant side, GE Vernova is the prime recipient of over $29.3 million in combined potential value across 38 prime grants and cooperative agreements spanning clean energy, grid resilience, cybersecurity, and nuclear technology. Representative awards include a $4.09 million Department of Energy Office of Cybersecurity cooperative agreement (CFDA 81.008) awarded in September 2024 to develop and demonstrate the Universal Utility Data Exchange (UUDEX) framework as a replacement for outdated Inter-Control Center Communications Protocol standards, with a sub-award to Battelle Memorial Institute's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; a $2.28 million Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (CFDA 81.087) cooperative agreement awarded in January 2026 to develop polymer-based add-on technologies that enhance operational flexibility of Francis turbine-based hydropower units, performed at GE Vernova's Schenectady facility in collaboration with GE Vernova's Hydro Power division, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, and the United States Bureau of Reclamation; and a $1.49 million DARPA cost-no-fee definitive contract awarded in November 2023 for the Capillary-Operated Space Mesoporous Optical System (COSMOS) program, with major subcontractors including RTX Corporation's Raytheon Technologies Research Center and Universite Laval's Research and Innovation Vice-Rector division.

GE Vernova subcontracts on defense and energy programs with primes including Fluor Marine Propulsion, LLC (Naval Nuclear Laboratory management and operation), Advanced Technology International (Center for Naval Metalworking accelerated contracting approach for robotic blending and pipe inspection tasks), GE Energy Power Conversion Naval Systems Inc. (compact bridge energy storage and conversion module design and build), and Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (DARPA research and development). On the grant sub-side, GE Vernova serves as a sub-recipient under leading academic and national laboratory recipients including Iowa State University (CPS anomaly detection and resilient controls development), Purdue University (dynamic modular microgrids), the University of Texas at San Antonio (cybersecurity assessment and wind controller optimization), Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (additive manufacturing for thermal spray coating), and Southwest Research Institute (exposure testing and systems design for environmental monitoring).

Activity trajectory shows growth through 2024 (five awards in 2022 to nineteen in 2024) followed by a decline to eleven awards in 2025 and three awards year-to-date in 2026. Fourteen awards with ultimate completion dates in the next twenty-four months carry combined potential value of $5.5 million, representing recompete exposure. The source data shows combined dollars obligated of $297.2 million across all awards, a figure reflecting the long-duration nature of multi-year cooperative agreements and research contracts that carry multiple year-of-performance modifications and obligations.