The U.S. Army has awarded Carnegie Mellon University a potential five-year, $70M contract to develop a framework for innovating artificial intelligence.
Army Contracting Command received one bid for the AI innovation framework R&D project via an online solicitation process, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.
CMU is expected to finish contract work by April 6, 2025.
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