ONR picks partner to raise awareness of energetics
Automated Global Energetics Science and Technology Awareness initiative includes three main elements
Efforts in the US to develop energetic materials took another step forward on 27 October, when the Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded the non-profit Energetics Technology Center a $7.72 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.
Principal elements of the deal, awarded under the Automated Global Energetics Science and Technology (S&T) Awareness initiative, are a national energetics study, automated global energetics S&T awareness, and ‘creating an energetics ecosystem’, according to the DoD.
The national energetics study will collect and analyse information in support of the requirement to develop a plan in line with the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act.
Automated global energetics S&T awareness will develop and demonstrate the feasibility of an approach to enable machine-assisted energetics.
The energetics ecosystem will utilise a tool to help DoD R&D centres establish or enhance innovation and commercialisation ecosystems.
Work will be performed in Indian Head, Maryland, for completion by 26 October 2023. There is a three-year option which, if exercised, will raise the overall value of the contract to $15.61 million.
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