Metron Inc. Receives $9.95M Contract for Advanced METOC Data Integration in Mission Planning

Metron Inc.,* Reston, Virginia, is awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the “Research, Development and Transition in Support of Mission Planning” effort. This contract focuses on enhancing the Navy’s mission planning capabilities by integrating advanced Meteorology and Oceanography (METOC) data and probabilistic risk assessments. The research and development effort will improve the Navy’s ability to incorporate physical battlespace factors, including atmospheric effects on the electromagnetic spectrum, space weather and acoustic impacts, into multi-domain mission planning and risk management systems. The contractor will develop algorithms and decision support tools to predict and assess the impacts of uncertain risks on naval operations, considering factors like hazardous weather and sea state conditions and the use of autonomous and remote systems. The program will deliver user-friendly analysis tools and decision aids that provide insights into potential mission and force risks. The project’s approach leverages observed, predicted and derived METOC data to improve fleet operations and decision making. Work will be performed in Reston, Virginia, and is expected to be completed in September 2030. The total cumulative value of this contract, including a 60-month base period with no options, is $9,953,224. Fiscal 2025 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $988,917 are obligated at the time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured under long range broad agency announcement (BAA) N0001424SB001 entitled “Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology.” Since proposals were received throughout the year under the Long-Range BAA, the number of proposals received in response to the solicitation is unknown. The Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N0001425C2209).