Integer Technologies Wins $10.7M Navy Option for Autonomous Seabed Warfare AI

Integer Technologies LLC,* Columbia, South Carolina, is awarded a $10,657,183 option exercise contract modification (P00001) to a contract (N0001425C2204) for the “Intelligent Autonomous Systems for Seabed Warfare” effort. The modification provides continuing science and technology research into an operational decision-support tool for intelligent autonomous systems conducting seabed warfare and undersea missions. The tool consists of physics and data-based models, deployed at the edge, that allow for real-time processing of seabed warfare sensor datasets, monitoring of the evolving environmental conditions in an area of operation, and real-time adaptation of onboard data collection, data processing, and vehicle command parameters to maximize the likelihood of mission success. The tool has the potential to improve the intelligence and independence of autonomous systems employed on seabed warfare missions, to enable multi-domain seabed warfare missions, and allow for autonomous systems to operate for significantly longer with minimal human intervention. The project will develop and demonstrate the application of edge deployed modeling and simulation tools, combined with artificial intelligence and machine learning to real-time decision making for intelligent autonomous systems. Work will be performed in Columbia, South Carolina, and is expected to be completed in January 2029. The total cumulative value of this contract is $24,803,999, inclusive of the base amount of $4,377,498; the Option One amount of $10,657,183; and the Option Two amount of $9,769,318. The base is fully funded in the amount of $4,377,498, while Option One will be incrementally funded with an initial obligation of $6,630,250. Fiscal 2025 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $6,630,250 are obligated at time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity.