The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Electronic Systems Center awarded Cubic Defense Applications, Inc. a multiple award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract with a potential value of $2.8 billion to provide various data link and communications capabilities under the Data Link Enterprise program. Over the period of January 2018 to January 2025, Cubic has received several firm fixed price and cost plus fixed fee delivery orders against the IDIQ totaling over $100 million to develop, deliver and demonstrate prototype systems for tactical data links, backbone communications networks, bandwidth modernization and small form factor capabilities. Work is being performed primarily in San Diego, California with the aim of supporting the Department of the Air Force's efforts to develop, acquire and sustain command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technologies. Notable delivery orders include a $56 million award to develop a prototype high capacity backbone system and $12 million awards for tactical undetectable radio terminals and common tactical edge networking capabilities. No set-asides were applied to this multiple award IDIQ or subsequent delivery orders placed against it.
Through the Data Link Enterprise IDIQ vehicle and associated delivery orders, Cubic Defense Applications is providing the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Electronic Systems Center with advanced data link and communications technologies and prototypes. This includes capabilities for airborne and ground-based tactical edge networks, next generation backbone systems, and modernized bandwidth solutions. The work aims to support the Air Force's broader C4ISR modernization efforts and is being conducted over a seven-year period via a combination of firm fixed price and cost reimbursement delivery orders valued at over $100 million to date.
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