Carnegie Mellon University will continue its advanced technology research, development and prototyping for the Department of Defense and national security requirements under a U.S. Air Force contract award valued a maximum of $1.5 billion.
CMU Contract Funding
Work performance will be mainly at the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania facilities of the Software Engineering Institute’s federally funded Research and Development Center, with expected completion by June 30, 2030, DOD said Monday. USAF is allocating $416,000 in funding from its fiscal year 2025 research, development, test and evaluation funds at the time of the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract award.
A sole-source solicitation, the service procurement is a contracting activity of Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts.
Initial Carnegie Mellon Contract
CMU secured a $2.7 billion USAF contract modification in July 2020 for the university’s continuing management of the SEI R&D center up to June 30, 2025. The Air Force’s initial contract to the university was awarded in July 2015, valued at $732 million.
Recently, a SEI study was released showing DOD software program improvements and areas where challenges remain.
Other CMU facilities include an artificial intelligence research and experimentation center established in September under a $6 million grant from the National Institute of Standards and Technology. In October, the university also announced a partnership with NVIDIA for a new joint research center that will focus on robotics, autonomy and artificial intelligence.
