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Air Force

MIT Wins $3 Billion Contract To Operate Lincoln Laboratory

Monday, April 27th, 2015

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MIT Wins $3 Billion Contract To Operate Lincoln Laboratory

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory FFRDC. Photo: Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) was awarded a $3 billion contract to continue to operate the Lincoln Laboratory Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), the Air Force said on Monday.The indefinite delivery/indefinite-quantity contract was awarded as a sole-source acquisition and $600,000 in Fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance funds were obligated at the time of award.MIT is to apply advanced technology to problems of national security in this indefinite delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Lincoln Laboratory research and development activities focus on…

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