Innovative Defense Technologies, Arlington, Virginia, was awarded a $22,494,363 cost-plus-fixed fee for a Small Business Innovative Research Phase III contract award. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to an estimated $89,804,610. Work will be performed in San Diego, California, and is expected to be completed by 24 September 2026. This contract will support Project Overmatch; their objective is to improve the practices and tools for testing software to keep up with the growing complexity of Navy software systems. This multi-year contract will be partially funded with fiscal 2023 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds, $1,000,000 of which would have expired at the end of the current fiscal year if this award had not been made. The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity (N00039). (Awarded Sept. 25, 2023)