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NGA Awards $794 Million R&D Contract

Frank Wolfe

Friday, January 26th, 2024

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NGA Awards $794 Million R&D Contract

NGA Director Vice Adm. Frank Brown met with Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown last year to discuss NGA's role in DoD operations (NGA Photo)

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) said on Jan. 26 that it has awarded a $794 million umbrella contract to Booz Allen Hamilton [BAH], Lockheed Martin [LMT], Fairfax, Va.-based Reinventing Geospatial, Inc., founded in 2009, and Charlottesville, Va.'s Solis Applied Science, LLC, a small business founded in 2019. The companies are to compete for contract task orders to support NGA's research and development directorate. NGA said that it will solicit the first Research Development Contract (RDC) task order next month and…

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