The U.S. Air Force awarded a $42.6 million SBIR Phase III Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract to QED Secure Solutions LLC, a veteran-owned small business, to provide cyber vulnerability assessments and related cybersecurity services for Air Force weapon systems. This contract, awarded in August 2023, has a period of performance through March 2024 and has already resulted in multiple firm-fixed-price delivery orders totaling over $2 million. The contracted services include vulnerability assessments, intrusion detection, secure communications, and cybersecurity training. QED has also been awarded a $5 million STTR Phase III IDIQ contract by the Air Force Materiel Command, which supports various cybersecurity research and development initiatives, including weapons systems assessments, A-10 aircraft ground testing, and vulnerability analysis. Through these IDIQ contracts, QED is leveraging its expertise in cyber testing, evaluation, research, and development to enhance national defense capabilities by addressing emerging cybersecurity threats and strengthening the resilience of critical systems.
The task orders issued under the SBIR Phase III IDIQ contract cover a range of cybersecurity services for the Air Force, including: a $1.1 million award for the 48th CTS GAMEPLAN EXTENSION; a $284,414 order for cybersecurity services and products related to operational technology for infrastructure; a $500,003.39 order for cyber test and evaluation services for the Air Force Civil Engineer Center; a $199,820.66 order for the TACTICAL COMBAT IDENTIFICATION (TCID) ASSESSMENT EXECUTION project; and a $93,750 order for AFIT training. These task orders, which do not have any set-aside designations, are being performed primarily at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida.
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