MDA Award to the University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics

University of Rochester Laboratory for Laser Energetics of Rochester, New York is being awarded a $34,914,959 modification P00006 to a previously awarded HQ0860-23-C-6000 contract to increase the base period scope and add two six-month option periods. The value of this contract is increased from $14,999,266 to $49,914,225 (including options). Under this modification, the contractor will define and conduct tests to collect anchoring data to benchmark/verify physics-based pulsed laser lethality modeling. Models, simulations, and lethality toolsets developed shall support analysis against a variety of DoD threats and across ground, sea, air and space domains. Upon Government direction, models of relevant threats and threat support systems shall be combined with trajectories to inform a full continuity lethality and military utility picture. The work will be performed in Rochester, New York. The period of performance is from May 31, 2023 through May 30 2028. Fiscal year (FY) 2024 Research, Development, Test & Evaluation (RDT&E), Congressional Plus Up (CPU) funding in the amount of $9,700,000 will be obligated on this modification and an additional $2,375,000 FY 2025 CPU funding will be added in June 2025. The Missile Defense Agency, Redstone Arsenal, Alabama, is the contracting activity.