Empowering Autonomous Systems: SOLUTE Awarded $19.2M Contract

SOLUTE, San Diego, California, was awarded a $19,247,894 cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost contract for the Autonomy Baseline Manager to support oversight and management of autonomous systems development and the associated central software repository for unmanned autonomy artifacts, processes, and procedures. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $59,314,021. Work will be performed in Arlington, Virginia (70%); Panama City, Florida (20%); and San Diego, California (10%), and is expected to be completed by February 2025. If all options are exercised, work will continue through February 2029. Fiscal 2023 research, development, testing, and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $480,963 will be obligated at time of award, of which $480,963 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via the SAM.gov website, with two offers received. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-24-C-6301). (Awarded Feb. 9, 2024)