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Awards/COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT (B)

$48,908,501

Department of Defense·Department of the Army

to UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND, COLLEGE PARK

defenseactive
ACTION DATE·SOURCEUSASPENDING·SOURCE IDASST_NON_W911NF2320040_097
Award description

NEW COOPERATIVE AGREEMENT TITLED: DATA DRIVEN ENGINEERING RESEARCH (DATADRIVER)

Verbatim from USAspending.gov. Capitalization, abbreviations, and codes are unchanged.

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What the model surfaced from this award

Confidence: high
In plain English

Funds data-driven engineering research to advance Army capabilities through collaborative university research.

Sub-sectors
data-engineeringresearch-developmentmilitary-technology
Why this matters

Nearly $49M investment signals Army prioritization of data science and engineering innovation for next-generation defense systems.

Supply-chain signal

Likely drives demand for advanced computing infrastructure, data analytics tools, and specialized engineering talent in defense supply chains.

U.S.–China competition angle

Data-driven engineering is critical to U.S. military modernization and maintaining technological edge against peer competitors like China.

Generated by award_classification v1.0.0 via claude-haiku-4-5-20251001 on 2026-05-14. Cost: $0.001278.

Period of performance
Start
2023-02-17
End
2028-02-16
Status
activein 643 days
Sources

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