United States, May 11 -- Applied Research Associates Inc., Albuquerque, New Mexico, is awarded a $111,500,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the Center for High Performance Computing, research and development efforts. The contract does not include options and has a cumulative value of $111,500,000. A $14,682,541 cost-plus-fixed-fee task order was issued concurrently. The task includes options and has a cumulative value of $44,566,270. Work for the initial task order will be performed at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C., and is expected to be completed by May 2027. Fiscal 2026 research, development, evaluation and testing (Defense) funds in the amount of $492,326; fiscal 2026 res...