Up to $147.1M to HPTi for DoD High Performance Computing Work
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The High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) was set up to modernize the US Department of Defense (DoD) labs’ high performance computing capabilities. The HPCMP provides supercomputer services, high-speed network communications, and computational science expertise that enables the DoD labs and test centers to conduct a range of research, development, and test activities to put advanced technology in the hands of US forces.
The HPCMP office recently awarded a contract to High Performance Technologies (HPTi) in Reston, VA to provide training and support to the DoD’s high performance computing users under the User Productivity Enhancement, Technology Transfer and Training (PETTT) program. The contract (GS04T09DBC0017) has the potential to be worth $147 million over 10 years.
HPTi has assembled a team of university and industry partners…
HPTi will manage a group of 21 subcontractors from academia and the private sector to produce computer science and engineering solutions for US troops. The team includes:
- Arizona State University
- Brown Deer Technology
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Duke University
- Florida State University
- George Mason University
- Georgia Institute of Technology
- Invertix
- Ohio State University
- ParaTools
- Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center
- SAIC
- San Diego Supercomputer Center
- SERDI
- Stanford University
- Szanca Solutions
- Texas Advanced Computing Center
- University of Arizona
- University of Illinois
- University of Pittsburgh
- University of Texas
The PETTT contract’s objectives include computer collaboration, high performance computing (HPC) tool development, and exploration of research areas the DoD believes will achieve technological advantages for US soldiers.
The goals of the PETTT program are:
- Train and support new and existing DoD HPC users with the knowledge, support and tools to maximize productivity;
- Improve the HPCMP computational environment through tool development, transition and deployment;
- Foster collaboration across functional, service, agency and national HPC communities;
- Build collaborative computational and computer science software research and development relationships with DoD science and engineering teams;
- Collaborate with DoD users in the development and deployment of HPC applications; and
- Facilitate the application of HPC and high performance networks in new areas of DoD interest.
