
The Navy’s top acquisition official approved a $400 million and two-year performance period extension for the Naval Information Warfare Systems Command’s (NAVWAR) Information Warfare Research Project (IWRP). IWRP was established in 2018 as a consortium-based approach and uses Other Transaction Authority (OTA) to streamline acquisitions, rapidly develop prototypes and provide advanced technologies to the Navy. Advanced Technology International manages IWRP and was awarded an intial three-year $100 million management contract in 2018 running through summer 2021 (Defense Daily, June 27,…