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Investment in technology research is an integral part of the journey as we embark on the 4th industrial era. Government is recognizing the imperative to stir technological innovation and new initiatives that are now coming to the forefront. 

The Department of Energy expects to issue 33 awards worth potentially $67M combined to help domestic companies integrate energy efficiency systems into the manufacturing process.

The Department of Energy has earmarked $230M for a new program aimed at helping companies build and demonstrate nuclear reactor systems through a cost-shared partnership model.

The Department of Defense has awarded BWX Technologies (NYSE: BWXT), X-energy and Westinghouse's government services business separate two-year contracts worth potentially $39.8M combined to design a mobile nuclear reactor model.

Philip Breidenbach, former chief engineer of Savannah River Remediation, has been appointed president and project manager of the Amentum-led liquid waste management contractor supporting the Department of Energy's Savannah River Site.

The Department of Energy will award up to $625M over five years to support the establishment of as many as five centers to advance research in the field of quantum information science. "The National Quantum Initiative launched by the President, including these new research centers, leverages the combined strengths of academia, industry, and DOE laboratories to drive QIS breakthroughs,” said Michael Kratsios, U.S. chief technology officer and a 2019 Wash100 awardee.

The Department of Energy has awarded a Leidos-led (NYSE: LDOS) joint venture a potential $4B contract to provide infrastructure and services for an environmental cleanup project at a former plutonium manufacturing complex in southern Washington state over the next decade.

A team comprised of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), Parsons (NYSE: PSN) and Centerra Group has secured a potential 10-year, $4B contract to perform site services at the Department of Energy’s Hanford facility.

The Department of Energy will earmark up to $100M for projects that aim to expand current understanding of the universe through experimental or theoretical studies about high-energy physics. Interested companies, universities and nonprofit organizations can apply for the funding opportunity.

Booz Allen Hamilton (NYSE: BAH) will analyze potential risks and vulnerabilities in Department of Energy information technology networks as part of a potential seven-year, $116M contract.