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Alion Science and Technology has been awarded a $59 million contract to implement advanced threats for weapon system research and development for the Navy Warfare Development Command (NWDC) Red Cell, information operations cell and electromagnetic maneuver warfare cell, the company announced Tuesday.

American Electronic Warfare Associates has won a potential five-year, $218M contract to support the U.S. Navy’s research activities under its Integrated Battlespace Simulation and Test department.

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) plans to spend $64M on a research and development hub in Reston, Va., as part of the company's software development and business expansion efforts.

Four lawmakers have proposed a bicameral bill to strengthen U.S. scientific and technological edge through increased investments in the development and commercialization of emerging technologies. The bipartisan Endless Frontier Act would change the name of the National Science Foundation to National Science and Technology Foundation and create a technology directorate within NSTF to advance research in 10 tech focus areas, including artificial intelligence and machine learning; high-performance computing; cybersecurity and data storage; and robotics, automation and advanced manufacturing.

CACI International (NYSE: CACI) has received a potential five-year, $465M task order for research and development of network security approaches for the U.S. Army’s command, control, computer, communications, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance center.

NASA has awarded $104M in contracts to 124 companies that will further develop and demonstrate technologies for the second phase of a program aimed at advancing the agency's prioritt missions such as the Artemis deep-space exploration initiative.

CACI International (NYSE: CACI) has received a potential five-year, $112M task order to support the U.S. Army’s research and development activities in technical areas such as networked communications, modeling and simulation.

The Air Force Research Laboratory has issued a broad agency announcement to seek white papers on artificial intelligence, machine learning and analytics for an embedded deep learning research program aimed at integrating autonomous systems into U.S. Air Force platforms.

The U.S. Navy is seeking prototype proposals from members of the Undersea Technology Innovation Consortium to support the service branch’s research and development efforts associated with maritime operations and undersea warfare.

Mitre has extended its agreement with the Department of Homeland Security to manage a federally funded research and development center focused on systems engineering subject areas.