$12.99 Million Contract for Coastal Battlefield Reconnaissance System Goes to Arete Associates

Arete Associates,* Northridge, California, is awarded a $12,999,980 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase II in support of Office of Naval Research. Work will be performed in Northridge, California, and is expected to be completed by June 2026. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) SBIR funds in the amount of $6,499,994 (50%); and fiscal 2024 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) non-SBIR funds in the amount of $6,499,986 (50%), will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via Navy Broad Agency Announcement 15.1, Topic Number N151-049 entitled “Machine Learning Algorithm for Target Detection on the Coastal Battlefield and Reconnaissance System” with two offers received. he Naval Surface Warfare Center Corona Division, Norco, California, is the contracting activity (N6426724C0040).