N0001426C2217URI NIUVT university connecticut (uconn) storrs — The University of Connecticut (UConn)

The University of Connecticut (UConn), Storrs, Connecticut, is awarded a $13,617,790 cost-reimbursement contract for applied research to advance undersea vehicle technologies. UConn and the University of Rhode Island (URI) are partners at the National Institute for Undersea Vehicle Technology (NIUVT). Together, via the NIUVT partnership, the universities have over eight years of past performance conducting and delivering fundamental and applied research for the benefit of the Navy and its shipbuilders in Southern New England. URI will work with UConn to address some challenges in the engineering of acoustics, sensors and signal processing, advanced materials and structures, human factors, propulsion enabling technology, systems engineering, and underwater energy systems. Work will be performed in Storrs, Connecticut (50%); and Kingston, Rhode Island (50%), and is expected to be completed in August 2031. The total cumulative value of this contract, including a 60-month base period with no options, is $13,617,790. Fiscal 2025 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $13,617,790 are obligated at the time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured under long range broad agency announcement (BAA) (N0001425SB001) entitled "Long Range Broad Agency Announcement for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology." Since proposals will be 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 (N0001426C2217). is a federal award for Navy held by The University of Connecticut (UConn). Estimated value $13.6M.

The University of Connecticut (UConn), Storrs, Connecticut, is awarded a $13,617,790 cost-reimbursement contract for applied research to advance undersea vehicle technologies. UConn and the University of Rhode Island (URI) are partners at the National Institute for Undersea Vehicle Technology (NIUVT). Together, via the NIUVT partnership, the universities have over eight years of past performance conducting and delivering fundamental and applied research for the benefit of the Navy and its shipbuilders in Southern New England. URI will work with UConn to address some challenges in the engineering of acoustics, sensors and signal processing, advanced materials and structures, human factors, propulsion enabling technology, systems engineering, and underwater energy systems. Work will be performed in Storrs, Connecticut (50%); and Kingston, Rhode Island (50%), and is expected to be completed in August 2031. The total cumulative value of this contract, including a 60-month base period with no options, is $13,617,790. Fiscal 2025 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $13,617,790 are obligated at the time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured under long range broad agency announcement (BAA) (N0001425SB001) entitled "Long Range Broad Agency Announcement for Navy and Marine Corps Science and Technology." Since proposals will be 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 (N0001426C2217).