Ithaca firm wins $12M software contract from Air Force

ITHACA — GrammaTech Inc. has been awarded a $12.2 million cost-plus-fixed-fee completion contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide Artemis Framework prototype software. 

This contract provides for research, design, development, demonstration, test, integration and delivery of the Artemis Framework, according to a June 26 U.S. Department of Defense contract announcement. The pact will enable rapid adaptation of software to changes in requirements, platforms, and computational resources “at a scale and speed appropriate for the complex software ecosystem.” 

Work will be performed in Ithaca and is expected to be completed by June 26, 2024. The Defense Department said 20 companies bid for this contract. Nearly $751,000 in fiscal 2019 research, development, test, and evaluation funds are being obligated at the time of award. The Air Force Research Laboratory in Rome is the contracting agency.

GrammaTech says it is a developer of software-assurance tools and advanced cybersecurity solutions. The firm says it helps customers solve the “most challenging software issues of today and tomorrow, safeguarding embedded mission-critical devices from failure and cyberattack.” 

The firm’s regional headquarters is in Ithaca and its corporate headquarters is in Bethesda, Maryland.

Other clients of GrammaTech include NASA, the FDA, Daimler, Panasonic, Philips, and Siemens.