{"623643":{"#nid":"623643","#data":{"type":"news","title":"GTRI Wins $245M Air Force Contract for Engineering, Advanced Technology Support","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/gtri.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003EGeorgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI)\u003C\/a\u003E has received a $245.5 million, five-year contract from the U.S. Air Force to support national defense and mature advanced technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe award, \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/dod.defense.gov\/News\/Contracts\/Contract-View\/Article\/1899728\/\u0022\u003Eannounced July 9\u003C\/a\u003E, is renewable for an additional five years for a total potential investment of $491 million.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;This award affirms GTRI\u0026rsquo;s growing value to our nation\u0026rsquo;s defense,\u0026rdquo; said Lora Weiss, interim senior vice president and director of GTRI. \u0026ldquo;As the U.S. faces increasingly more sophisticated technological threats from innovative and unconventional adversaries, this contract will expand GTRI\u0026rsquo;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.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThe contract extends decades of partnership between GTRI and the \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/www.robins.af.mil\/Units\/AFLCMC\/\u0022\u003EAir Force\u0026rsquo;s Electronic Warfare \u0026amp; Avionics (EW\u0026amp;A) program office\u003C\/a\u003E, which is responsible for supporting the hundreds of software systems installed on or supporting 60 different kinds of aircraft.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u0026ldquo;GTRI delivers essential engineering capability across the mission of EW\u0026amp;A and provides a long-term, strategic relationship beyond just the EW\u0026amp;A program office to include other parts of the USAF,\u0026rdquo; said Col. James Wilson, the division\u0026rsquo;s senior materiel leader. \u0026ldquo;This contract will streamline the opportunity for the EW\u0026amp;A program office to leverage the capabilities of GTRI across USAF.\u0026rdquo;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGTRI has been a designated Defense Department University Affiliated Research Center since 1995, capitalizing on the research institute\u0026rsquo;s expertise in electromagnetics and materials technologies, systems engineering, modeling and simulation, threat systems research, sensors and weapon system analysis, cybersecurity, and test and evaluation.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGTRI\u0026rsquo;s 2,000-plus engineers, scientists and support staff offer technical and subject-matter expertise to identify and mature technologies, and develop operational prototypes to meet warfighter needs.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EThe Georgia Tech Research Institute (GTRI) has received a $245.5 million, five-year contract from the U.S. Air Force to support national defense and mature advanced technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Five-year contract will provide engineering, development and support for electronic warfare and avionics systems."}],"uid":"27446","created_gmt":"2019-07-23 17:02:42","changed_gmt":"2019-07-23 20:37:18","author":"Joshua Stewart","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2019-07-23T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2019-07-23T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"623641":{"id":"623641","type":"image","title":"F-16 Fighting Falcon","body":null,"created":"1563900841","gmt_created":"2019-07-23 16:54:01","changed":"1563901509","gmt_changed":"2019-07-23 17:05:09","alt":"An F-16 Fighting Falcon flies over Kansas in preparation for refueling. 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