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The Department of the Air Force has signed a 10-year Intergovernmental Support Agreement with Arizona State University aimed at strengthening energy resilience across military installations, improving utility monitoring, and expanding support for energy planning and preparedness. The Army has entered a similar agreement, creating a pathway for Army and Air Force installations across the continental United States to request services such as metering, energy audits, data integration, resilience planning, and workforce development. The initiative is intended to bolster readiness, modernize infrastructure, and build long-term resilience.
“The signing of this IGSA marks a historic milestone as we establish a first-of-its-kind, headquarters-level partnership with Arizona State University,” said Michael J. Borders Jr., assistant secretary of the Air Force for energy, installations and environment. “By tapping into ASU’s world-class academic expertise, we are expanding our capacity to tackle complex infrastructure challenges while driving down operational costs. This flexible framework empowers us to rapidly adapt to emerging requirements, maintaining the momentum needed to stay ahead in meeting the Secretary of War’s top priorities for infrastructure resilience and operational readiness.”
“National security requires energy and water surety,” said Nancy J. Balkus, deputy assistant secretary of the Air Force for infrastructure, energy and environment. “Every one of our installations is not just a base; it is a power projection platform to assure lethality whenever called upon. Without energy and water security, our missions cannot test, launch, sustain or succeed.”
Intergovernmental Support Agreements enable military installations to partner with eligible state and local government entities to obtain installation support services, a mechanism designed to help bases meet mission needs more efficiently while strengthening ties with surrounding communities.
On the Army side, the agreement outlines a similar scope of work with ASU. “Through this agreement, Arizona State University will provide the monitoring, analysis and technical support needed to help Army installation better understand and manage aging utility systems,” said David Dentino, deputy assistant secretary of the Army for installations, housing and partnerships. “This partnership is about improving readiness, increasing resilience, reducing costs and ensuring our installations have the reliable infrastructure needed to support the mission.”
The services available under the agreements focus on assessing and modernizing energy and water systems, aggregating and analyzing data to inform decision-making, and training personnel to sustain improvements over time. Defense officials characterize the partnership as a flexible framework that can be tailored to emerging requirements at installations across the continental U.S.
