CHANTILLY, Va.—Amentum was recently awarded a $245 million, five-year task order by the U.S. Air Force for the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) to enhance microelectronics capabilities for the U.S. Navy, the company said in a release.
The task order will support Microelectronics Facilities and Laboratories Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) for the Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC) Crane Strategic Microelectronics Division (GXM), as well as the Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs (SSP).
The contract is intended to strengthen deterrence and defense by delivering state-of-the-art services and independent, data-driven solutions, and by establishing GXM as the national leader in high-reliability, radiation hardened microelectronics, Amentum said in the release.
“Amentum will leverage our digital engineering ecosystem and model-based system engineering expertise to enhance capabilities for strategic radiation hardened microelectronics,” said Jill Bruning, president of Amentum’s Engineering, Science, and Technology Group, in the release.
Under the task order, Amentum will use its Integrated Digital Engineering Approach (IDEA) to perform R&D, technology maturation and insertion, analysis, testing, and systems engineering to assess and enhance microelectronics facilities and laboratories. This will include updating and enhancing related microelectronics T&E facilities and laboratories; related capabilities associated with the Navy’s Fleet Ballistic Missile system and Strategic Weapons System; and DoD strategic weapons platforms employing advanced and critical microelectronics technologies, according to the release.
Amentum will also support the Navy by increasing prototyping and test surge capacity and providing radiation hardened and survivability subject matter expertise, the company said.