DoD seeks support from University of Washington for naval R&D
The Applied Physics Laboratory (APL) at the University of Washington in Seattle, Washington is to conduct R&D, engineering and test and evaluation work for a range of US DoD programmes.
Under a $101.35 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from Naval Sea Systems Command, APL will work on experimental oceanography; acoustic propagation (pictured); underwater instrumentation and equipment; marine corrosion; acoustic and related systems; simulations and signal processing; and ‘mission related and public service oriented research and development’, the DoD announced on 26 October.
The contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring its cumulative value to $218.82 million.
Work will be performed in Seattle, Washington, for completion by October 2025 (or October 2030 if all options are exercised).
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