Definitive Contract FA865022C7216

Award Date 9/20/22
Potential Completion Date 5/21/24
Potential Value $8.3M
Funding Federal Agency
Air Force Research Laboratory
Contracting Federal Agency
Defense Contract Management Agency
Ultimate Awardee
BAE Systems PLC
Set-Aside Type
No Set-Aside Used
Federal Contract Vehicle
Extent Competed
Full and Open Competition
Major Defense Program
Not listed
Pricing Type
Cost Plus Fixed Fee
Place of Performance
Merrimack, NH 03054, USA
Solicitation Procedures
Basic Research
Number Of Offers Received
25
Legislative Mandate
Not listed
National Interest Action
Not listed
Research Type
Not listed
Primary Consortia Member
Not listed

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $8,349,794.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to BAE Systems Information & Electronic Systems Integration Inc. (doing business as BAE Systems) for the "Strategic Chaos Engine for Planning, Tactics, Experimentation, and Resiliency (SCEPTER)" program. This definitive contract has a completion date of May 21, 2024.

The SCEPTER program, originally solicited by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), seeks to develop analytic engines that can generate novel and surprising military courses of action through fast exploration of large-scale simulation scenarios. The goal is to enable machine-planned strategies that can compete with human-generated plans. BAE Systems, a major defense contractor, will leverage its expertise in electronic systems integration to deliver research and development services in support of this critical defense initiative. As a subcontractor, Aimdyn Inc., a woman-owned small business, will provide specialized modeling and forecasting capabilities.

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