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A data transmission concept developed by a team comprised of Northrop Grumman and  Monrovia, Calif,-based company Seatrec has been chosen for the next phase of a competition focused on renewable energy-based ocean observation technologies.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 4, 2020 — A joint venture between Amentum and Envirocon will offer deactivation, decommissioning and removal services to the Department of Energy through a contract vehicle worth potentially $3B over 10 years, GovCon Wire reported July 22.

Ninety-two U.S. small businesses will receive up to $116 in total grants to continue developing prototypes or processes for the second phase of two Department of Energy-funded programs that support scientific innovation projects.

A consortium launched in March to advance research into the novel coronavirus using supercomputers has approved 78 COVID-19 research proposals and has been running 68 projects as of July 1, Nextgov reported Wednesday.

The Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management has awarded Fluor a position on a potential 10-year, $3 billion indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide nationwide deactivation, decommissioning and removal of facilities, waste management and program support, the company announced Wednesday.

Woolpert will help the Department of Energy's legacy management services team maintain information technology applications and manage environmental spatial data as part of a potential five-year, $10M contract.

The Department of Energy’s Artificial Intelligence and Technology Office is looking for potential AI research and development concepts encompassing various subject areas including sensors, supercomputers and data analytics.

Raytheon Technologies has partnered with the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory in Illinois to support research work meant to inform the development of aircraft engine components.

Jerry McGinn, executive director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University’s School of Business, said federal contract spending related to COVID-19 has become more varied as agencies transition to managing the ancillary effects of the coronavirus pandemic, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday.

The Department of Energy is slated to award 256 grants worth a combined total of $53M to 211 small businesses to support research and development efforts.

A BWX Technologies subsidiary-led team has received the potential 10-year, $13B Tank Closure Contract at the Department of Energy’s Hanford site, the company reported on Monday. 

NVIDIA has launched a third-generation artificial intelligence processing chip designed to train large AI datasets and handle various data center workloads including analytics and inference.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is using high-performance computing to address the world’s need for a COVID-19 vaccine.

The Department of Energy has awarded a team that consists of Amentum, RSI EnTech and TFE a contract of an undisclosed sum to provide environmental services at over 100 nuclear sites following the completion of closure activities.

The Department of Energy intends to invest $30M in research efforts on artificial intelligence and machine learning for system management and science projects.