ONR Awards Georgia Tech $14.2M for Multi-Site Quantum and Electromagnetic Warfare R&D Project

Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp., Atlanta, Georgia,* was awarded a $14,157,400 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N6523625C1021) for quantum sensing and electromagnetic warfare research and development in support of the Office of Naval Research; Atomic Scepter. The contract includes a 36-month delivery occurring 12 June 2028. Work will be performed in Charleston, South Carolina (41 %); Washington, D.C. (21 %); San Diego, California (11 %); Arlington, Virginia (5 %); Boston, Massachusetts (4 %); Chicago, Illinois (4 %); Patuxent River, Maryland (4 %); Newport Rhode Island (4 %); Honolulu, Hawaii (4 %); Boulder, Colorado (1 %); and Eglin Air Force Base, Florida (1 %). Fiscal 2025 Research, Development, Test & Evaluation funds in the amount of $520,000 will be obligated at time of award. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured because it is a sole source acquisition pursuant to the authority of 10 U.S. Code 3204(a)(3)(B), industrial mobilization; engineering, developmental or research capability (Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-3). Naval Information Warfare Center, Atlantic, Charleston, South Carolina, is the contracting activity.