The Air Force’s Electronic Warfare and Avionics Division (AFLCMC/WNY) Senior Materiel Leader, Col. James Wilson announced today that WNY has awarded Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) a University Affiliated Research Center (UARC) IDIQ Contract. The contract has a total ceiling of $491M, with a 5 year base period of performance and a 5 year option.
“Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has partnered with the Electronic Warfare & Avionics (EW&A) Program Office to provide important technological solutions to the U.S. Air Force for over 30 years,” stated Colonel James Wilson. “As a University Affiliated Research Center (UARC), GTRI delivers essential engineering capability across the mission of EW&A and provides a long-term, strategic relationship beyond just the EW&A program office to include other parts of the USAF. This UARC contract will streamline the opportunity for the EW&A program office to leverage the capabilities of GTRI across USAF acquisition portfolios.”
GTRI gained its UARC designation from the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) in 1995, based on its core competencies which include: electromagnetics and materials technologies, systems engineering, modeling and simulation, threat systems research, sensors and weapon system analysis, cyber security, and test and evaluation. Through GTRI’s strategic relationship with AFLCMC as a UARC, GTRI meets AFLCMC requirements for technical and subject matter expertise to identify and mature appropriate technologies and develop operational prototypes for the rapid transition of maturing technologies to meet warfighter needs.
Dr. Lora Weiss, Georgia Tech Executive Vice President and Director of GTRI (interim) added, “This award affirms GTRI’s growing value to our nation’s defense. As the US faces increasingly more sophisticated technological threats from innovative and unconventional adversaries, this UARC contract will expand GTRI’s ability to quickly apply its breadth of emerging and advanced technologies and leverage the creativity and expertise of a major university to solve critical national problems.”
GTRI employs over 2000 engineers, scientists, and support staff, with facilities in Atlanta, Warner Robins, and other locations near US military bases, laboratories, and test ranges.