Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Architecture and Integration Directorate IDIQ

The Department of the Air Force awarded this Master IDIQ to support the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Architecture and Integration Directorate (AFLCMC/XA) on December 8, 2022, with a combined potential value of $900 million and ordering authority through November 14, 2027, leaving approximately 1 year 3 months for new orders.

The vehicle spans modeling, simulation, and analysis; capability development and development planning; cost analysis and trades; technical risk reduction and test engineering; standards and architecture development; software development; and advanced synthetic and virtual simulator environments for operational test and training. Recent awards show active work in open architecture standards management (multiple Cost Plus Fixed Fee orders through 2028), advanced battle management systems digital infrastructure development, tanker platform kinetic self-defense studies, and AI-enhanced F-16 simulators, alongside smaller capability briefings.

Order activity peaked in the first year with 93 awards in 2022 and 72 in 2023, but has contracted sharply: 7 orders in 2024, 3 in 2025, and 3 awarded so far in 2026 (as of February). Across 178 total task orders, $519.8 million in combined potential value has been awarded, with $183.5 million obligated to date (35% of combined potential). General Dynamics Mission Systems dominates by value, holding $358.9 million across 3 orders; Lockheed Martin holds $73.8 million across 4 orders; and Raytheon holds $43.6 million across 3 orders. The broader awardee base spans 160 distinct primes. Roughly 99 percent of orders carry no set-aside designation, with one small business award.

The Department of the Air Force itself placed 171 of the 178 orders, accounting for the majority of activity, with subordinate Air Force organizations and DOD Washington Headquarters Service accounting for the remainder. Task order values range from $1,000 (capability brief minimums) to the largest awards in the $355 million ceiling range (ABMS digital infrastructure), with typical substantive work falling in the low-single-digit-million to mid-double-digit-million range. Most substantial orders use Cost Plus Fixed Fee pricing; smaller studies and analysis work use Firm Fixed Price.

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Architecture & Integration Directorate's (AFLCMC/XA) mission is to work with the requirements community and S&T/Industry to analyze gaps, requirements, missions, threats, and technologies and to develop systems or solutions to address warfighter needs while launching high confidence programs. AFLCMC/XA activities include Modeling, Simulation & Analysis (MS&A), Capability Development/Development Planning (CD-DP), Cost Analysis/Trades, Technical Risk Reduction/Test Engineering, Standards and Architecture Development and Curation, Software Development and Curation, and Advanced Synthetic/Virtual Simulator Environments Development for Operational Test and Training. AFLCMC/XA will support future operations by leveraging this IDIQ to rapidly contract for a variety of capabilities across the portfolio. The work is not envisioned for singular use, rather an enabler for multi-domain, multi-level security development, analysis, and synthetic environments.