Other Transaction Agreement FA86492599001

This federal contract award, valued at $749,499.00, was issued by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) to Merlin Labs Inc., a for-profit organization specializing in advanced technologies for unmanned aircraft systems and aviation automation. The contract, titled "ENHANCING REDUCED-CREW FLIGHT OPERATIONS WITH NATURAL LANGUAGE PROCESSING (NLP)-DRIVEN REAL-TIME DYNAMIC REPLANNING," is an Other Transaction Agreement without any set-aside designations. The contract aims to develop capabilities that leverage natural language processing to enable dynamic replanning for reduced-crew flight operations. This award is associated with Merlin Labs' broader work with the Air Mobility Command (AMC), including a $105,000,000 Indefinite Delivery Contract to provide automated solutions for crew management and workload optimization to support AMC's air mobility operations. The contract has an ultimate completion date of April 8, 2026.