Contract Award: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, California) – $8,988,793

University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, was awarded an $8,988,793 cost reimbursement contract for the Processor Reconfiguration for Wideband Spectrum Sensing (PROWESS). PROWESS seeks run-time reconfigurable processors, with the specific goal to develop processors that provide autonomous radiofrequency systems with decision-directed situational awareness about complex and uncertain electromagnetic environments. Work will be performed in Arlington, Virginia (77%); Cambridge, Massachusetts (8%); Los Angeles, California (4%); Vienna, Virginia (6%); and Brooklyn, New York (5%), with an expected completion date of November 2026. Fiscal 2023 funds in the amount of $4,873,076 are being obligated at time of award. This contract was a competitive acquisition under Broad Agency Announcement HR001122S0006 and 13 offers were received. The Defense Advanced Research Agency, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity (HR001123C0101).