Riverside Research has won a potential five-year, $160 million contract from the Defense Innovation Unit for technical, engineering and advisory support services to help DIU and its mission partners prototype, transition and scale commercial technologies across the Department of Defense.
Steven Omick, president and CEO of Riverside Research, said the independent nonprofit is committed to advancing the prototyping, acquisition and operational deployment of technologies across DOD and the Intelligence Community.
“Our support to the DIU mission yet again positions us as a significant catalyst for transformative advancements at the speed of industry, ensuring readiness and resilience in national defense strategies,” Omick added.
Contract Scope
The competitively awarded contract has a one-year base term and four option years.
Under this award, Riverside Research will help DIU execute acquisition procedures and provide strategic engagement and due diligence support across several innovation portfolios, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, cybersecurity and telecommunications for resilient and trusted systems and autonomous and counter-unmanned systems, robotics, and drones.
The nonprofit will also provide support in the field of energy resiliency, storage and logistics; biosurveillance and virtual reality/augmented reality training technologies for human systems; commercial space sensing, launch and on-orbit logistics; digital platforms and developer ecosystems; maritime; and emerging tech areas such as hypersonics, quantum sensing and advanced materials.
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