Definitive Contract FA875025CB072
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- This is a $1,990,552 cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Black River Systems Company, Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation based in Utica, New York. The contract is for the development of "Multi-Domain Automated Indications and Warnings," which likely encompasses advanced technologies supporting command, control, communications, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C4ISR) applications. Black River...
- This is a $1,007,491 cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory to Black River Systems Company, Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation based in Utica, New York. The contract is for the "AUTONOMOUS SENSING GRID" project and has an ultimate completion date of May 22, 2026. It was awarded under the Air Force's Broad Agency Announcement "Collaborative Sensing & Exploitation" (BAA FA8750-20-S-7014), which is seeking innovative...
- This is a federal contract award from the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Black River Systems Company, Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation based in Utica, New York. The $5,078,267.00 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract is for the development of real-time signal processing solutions to exploit 5G communications waveforms and associated technologies for command and control and size, weight, and power-constrained platforms. The contract is not set aside and is part of the larger...
- This is a $3,674,912 definitive cost-plus-fixed-fee contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory to Black River Systems Company, Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation based in Utica, New York. The contract supports the Air Force's Multi-Domain Synchronized Operations (MDSO) program, which focuses on developing innovative technologies for space situation awareness, characterization, and assessment of space-related events. The contract has a period of performance through...
- This is a $149,990 Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I contract awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Black River Systems Company, Inc. The contract is for research and development on "Graph-Based Analytics for Fusion of Multiple Motion Information Sources." As a Small Business set-aside, this contract was awarded directly to the prime contractor Black River Systems, a Subchapter S Corporation based in Utica, NY. Black River Systems specializes in...
- This $4,846,046.00 Cost Plus Fixed Fee Definitive Contract was awarded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Black River Systems Company, Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation based in Utica, New York. The contract is for Multi-Source Analysis (MSA) for Integrated Tracking and Analysis services, with a completion date of August 27, 2019. Black River Systems has been awarded multiple federal contracts and Indefinite Delivery Vehicles (IDVs) from various agencies, including...
- Black River Systems Company, Inc., a small business based in Utica, New York, was awarded a $23.97 million Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory (Aeronautical Systems Center) on June 3, 2021, for Cognitive Algorithms for Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) Contested and Degraded Environments (CASCADE). The contract, which extends through August 2026, originated from a Broad Agency Announcement seeking research and development of advanced cyber and signals intelligence...
- The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory awarded a $749,180.00 Cost Plus Fixed Fee contract to Black River Systems Company, Inc., a small business, to provide Multi-Sensor/Multi-Platform Integration and Sensor Resource Management services under the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program. The contract, awarded on February 8, 2019, has a completion date of May 10, 2021. Black River Systems Company, Inc. is a dedicated team of system engineering and software...
- This is a SBIR Phase II contract awarded by the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory to Black River Systems Company, Inc., a small business subchapter S corporation. The $748,762.00 contract is for the development of "Airborne Graph Analytics Applications for Multi-Sensor Fusion and Integration". This SBIR II research project focuses on developing advanced analytic capabilities for combining and analyzing data from multiple sensors. The contract has a...
- This is a definitive contract awarded by the U.S. Department of the Air Force to Black River Systems Company, Inc., a for-profit subchapter S corporation, for semi-autonomous fusion analytics, research, and infrastructure services. The contract has a potential value of $3,737,400.00 and a completion date of September 29, 2023. It was awarded on July 30, 2019 and is not set aside for any special business category. The contract was issued under a Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) from the Air...
Black River Systems Company, Inc., a small business based in Utica, New York, has been awarded a $4.97M cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract by the Air Force Research Laboratory to develop Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) capabilities. This award, issued on September 4, 2025, with completion targeted for November 1, 2028, supports the Department of the Air Force's effort to advance command and control systems by integrating artificial intelligence technologies and adopting a distributed operational model. The contract stems from the Air Force Research Laboratory's Broad Agency Announcement FA8750-23-S-7006, which seeks research and development proposals for AI-enabled and next-generation distributed command and control capabilities to support Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) initiatives. The solicitation emphasizes eight technical areas including AI systems command and control, federated composable autonomy, advanced wargaming agents, and tactical AI applications. The contract carries no small business set-aside designation and represents one award within the Air Force Research Laboratory's larger $99M investment in AI and command and control research across a five-year period. Black River Systems, which specializes in advanced engineering and software development for defense applications, brings relevant experience from existing Air Force Research Laboratory contracts, including a $98.9M Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity vehicle for digital signal processing and technology development. The company's established capabilities in signals intelligence, communications, and electronic warfare position it to contribute meaningfully to the Air Force's strategic objective of achieving decision advantage in complex operational environments through enhanced distributed command and control architectures.
Name | Description | Solicitation Number | FederalAgency | Type | PostedDate |
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND NEXT GENERATION DISTRIBUTED COMMAND AND CONTROL | FA875023S7006 | Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory | Pre-Solicitation 1/1 | 8/31/23, 7:50 AM |
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
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| Not listed | Not listed | $50.0k | 9/4/25 |