$34.9 Million Contract Increase Supports Advanced Pulsed Laser Research at University of Rochester

University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics, Rochester, New York is being awarded a $34,914,959 modification (P00006) to a previously awarded contract (HQ0860-23-C-6000) to increase the base period scope and add two six-month option periods. The value of this contract is increased from $14,999,266 to $49,914,225 (including options). Under this modification, the contractor will define and conduct tests to collect anchoring data to benchmark/verify physics-based pulsed laser lethality modeling. Models, simulations, and lethality toolsets developed shall support analysis against a variety of Department of Defense threats and across ground, sea, air, and space domains. Upon government direction, models of relevant threats and threat support systems shall be combined with trajectories to inform a full continuity lethality and military utility picture. The work will be performed in Rochester, New York. The period of performance is from May 31, 2023, through May 30, 2028. Fiscal 2024 research, development, test and evaluation; and Congressional Plus Up funding in the amount of $9,700,000, will be obligated on this modification; and an additional $2,375,000 fiscal 2025 Congressional Plus Up funding will be added in June 2025. The Missile Defense Agency, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.