Department of War Nov. 9 Contracts: Air Force Awards $26 Million for Flyways SI Software Licenses; Navy Announces Three Awards

The U.S. Department of War, headquartered at the Pentagon in Arlington County, Virginia, released its contract announcements for November 9, covering one Air Force purchase order and three Navy contract actions, with work to be performed in Illinois, Connecticut, Oregon, Maryland and elsewhere.

For the Air Force, Air Space Intelligence Federal Inc. of Cambridge, Massachusetts, was awarded a $26,020,100 firm-fixed-price purchase order for Flyways super intelligence (SI) commercial software licenses, providing the cloud-hosted Flyways platform for use and customization by the 618th Air Operations Center. Work will be performed at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, and is expected to be completed by September 28, 2031. The purchase order was a sole-source acquisition, with $5,000,000 in fiscal 2026 Transportation Working Capital Funds obligated at the time of award; the 763rd Enterprise Sourcing Squadron at Scott AFB is the contracting activity.

For the Navy, General Dynamics Applied Physical Sciences (APS) Corp. of Groton, Connecticut, was awarded a $19,999,957 cost-plus-fixed-fee completion contract for an effort titled "Advancements in Undersea Dominance and Naval Engineering," conducting studies and developing new technologies aligned with a new framework for naval warfare, with first principles and physics-based modeling and simulation emphasized throughout. Work will be performed in Groton and is expected to be completed in September 2031, with $5,100,000 in fiscal 2026 Navy research, development, test and evaluation funds obligated at award; the Office of Naval Research in Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

Also for the Navy, Vigor Marine LLC of Portland, Oregon, was awarded a $13,789,573 firm-fixed-price contract for a 50-calendar-day shipyard availability for the mid-term availability of Military Sealift Command's fleet ordnance and dry cargo vessel USNS Alan Shepard (T-AKE 3). Work will be performed in Portland beginning December 1, 2026, and is expected to be completed by January 19, 2027. The contract includes three unexercised options that, if exercised, would raise its cumulative value to $14,147,535. It was competitively procured, with two offers received; Military Sealift Command in Norfolk, Virginia, is the contracting activity.

The Navy also announced a modification: Dayton T. Brown Inc. of Bohemia, New York, was awarded a $10,000,000 cost modification increasing the ceiling of an order under a previously awarded basic ordering agreement, to provide mobile mission systems hardware, software and integration materials supporting cybersecurity requirements, network upgrades, system modifications and capability improvements to construct three Triton hubs. Work will be performed in Hollywood, Maryland, and is expected to be completed in June 2027, with $9,591,731 in fiscal 2027 Navy research, development, test and evaluation funds to be obligated; the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division at Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity. (Source: U.S. Department of War)

Source: U.S. Department of War

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