The U.S. Air Force — on behalf of the Defense Department — is looking outside the military for innovative commercial technology, processes, methods and research that could address the national crisis posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
On April 6, the Air Force Acquisition COVID-19 Task Force issued a solicitation for new technologies to address seven mission areas:
- combating the COVID-19 spread;
- welfare of citizens;
- readiness;
- logistics;
- industrial base impacts;
- medical; and
- other areas that support the national response to the pandemic.
The Air Force seeks those technologies under the Secretary of Defense for Acquisition and Sustainment Joint Acquisition Task Force, which was launched last month to “synchronize and support the acquisition” of the Defense Department’s response for COVID-19 resources.
Keep reading this article at: https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2020/04/pentagon-seeks-innovative-commercial-tech-address-covid-19-pandemic/164435/
The Contracting Education Academy at Georgia Tech has established a webpage where all contract-related developments related to the coronavirus (COVID-19) are summarized. Find the page at: https://contractingacademy.gatech.edu/coronavirus-information-for-contracting-officers-and-contractors/
