Pennsylvania State University has secured a $99 million contract from the U.S. Navy to run its Manufacturing Technology, or ManTech, Electro Optics Center of Excellence, a specialized research and development center. The center’s main function is to develop and improve advanced manufacturing technologies that can be used in naval equipment with electro optics and help transition those technologies for use in defense and industry, the Department of Defense said Monday.
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Terms of Navy Contract
Under the terms of the sole-source, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award, Penn State will manage, operate and maintain the center. The work will start this month and last through July 2035, with an option to extend, and will be conducted in University Park, Pennsylvania. The contracting activity is the Office of Naval Research in Arlington, Virginia. The Navy will allocate $859,940 from its fiscal 2025 budget for research and development under the contract. The budget includes two task orders, one worth $399,940 and another worth $460,000, both under a cost-plus-fixed-fee arrangement.
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