Air Force picks 67 for $1B rapid sustainment contract
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By
Nick Wakeman
This contract supports the Air Force's Rapid Sustainment Office in its efforts to help the service branch adopt new technologies such as artificial intelligence, automation and digital engineering.
The Air Force has chosen 67 companies for a potential nine-year, $1 billion contract to support its Rapid Sustainment Office.
Only one bidder failed to win a spot on the vehicle, according to the Pentagon's Tuesday awards digest that said 68 companies submitted proposals.
The Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office’s mission is to rapidly find and deploy technologies that can improve operations and sustainment. Winners will compete for task orders to help the office prototype, test, demonstrate and scale emerging technologies.
Some of the specific areas the Air Force wants to explore include automation and robotics, advanced composites, corrosion prevention, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and other technologies that can improve logistics and sustainment.
Procurement documents outline how the contract has 16 technical focus areas including advanced manufacturing capabilities, data and digital environment, rapid and austere maintenance, augmented and virtual reality, and aircraft battle damage repair engineering.
The contract has a five-year base and one four-year option.
The 67 winners are:
- 3D Systems Inc.
- 540.co
- Aging Aircraft Consulting
- Arctos Technology Solutions
- Authentise
- Aviation Resources and Consulting Services
- BetaFLIX
- Boston Engineering Corp.
- Brighton Technologies
- Bunker Supply Co.
- C5Mi Insight
- Carahsoft
- CourtAvenue
- Crow King Studios
- D'Angelo Technologies
- Design Interactive Inc.
- Dynepic
- Easy Aerial
- Electric Power Systems
- Engineering and Software System Solutions
- Essentium
- Expansia Group
- Frontier Technology
- Game Plan Tech
- Gamma Alloys
- Gauss Management Research and Engineering
- IBC Materials & Technologies
- JSToogood
- JuliaHub
- Kaiva Field
- Kennon Products
- KUOG Corp.
- Lockheed Martin
- Luna Labs USA
- MEC Energy Services
- MELD Manufacturing
- Mercer Engineering Research Center
- MetroStar Systems
- Modern Technology Solutions Inc.
- National Center for Defense Manufacturing and Machining
- Northrop Grumman
- Phillips
- Pvilion
- Quidient
- Raytheon (a business segment of RTX)
- Redhorse
- Redshred
- Renaissance Services
- Ripple Two
- RJ Lee Group
- SelectTech Services
- Shift5
- Solutions Through Innovative Technologies
- South Dakota School of Mines and Technology
- Southwest Research Institute
- Sparkcognition Government Systems
- Spee3d
- Stone Solutions and Research Collective
- SynapseMX
- Taqtile
- The University of Dayton Research Institute
- Trac9
- TransTecs Corp.
- Vana Solutions
- Virtualitics
- VS Merlot
- Wichita State University