Airborne Communications and Networking

The Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command awarded this Master IDIQ on March 11, 2016, for technical and programmatic support for airborne communications and networking systems, with ordering authority ending March 7, 2021—the vehicle is now closed to new task orders.

The vehicle supported engineering services, systems integration, and testing for naval C4ISR platforms. Awarded task orders concentrated on Unmanned Carrier Aviation (UCA) mission control systems, Battle Force Tactical Network (BFTN) operations and maintenance, and Consolidated Afloat Network and Enterprise Services (CANES) engineering support. Work included interface engineering for the MQ-4C Triton UAS, certification and information assurance, and risk management frameworks across Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) and Military Sealift Command (MSC) programs.

Ordering activity peaked in 2017–2018 (seven orders combined), then declined to one order per year from 2019 onward. The 19 task orders issued generated a combined potential value of $13.3 million, with $12.7 million obligated (95% of ceiling). Cavu Consulting Inc. and Solute dominated award activity, holding 7 and 6 orders respectively and 67% of combined potential value; Fuse Integration, Inc. and Trabus Technologies, Inc. split the remainder equally at 4 and 2 orders each. All four primes competed across the vehicle's life.

The Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command placed 14 of 19 orders ($7.1 million potential); NAVAIR placed 4 orders ($5.7 million potential); Military Sealift Command placed 1 order ($467 thousand potential). Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business set-aside designations covered 11 of 19 orders (58%), with 8 orders unrestricted. All work was priced as Cost Plus Fixed Fee. Task-order ceilings ranged from roughly $95 thousand to $2.1 million, with typical durations running 12–24 months.

Because the ordering period closed over five years ago and the most recent task order was issued in January 2021, this vehicle is no longer a pursuit vehicle for new work.

The Department of the Navy, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) has awarded a Master IDIQ for technical services for airborne communications and networking. The SSC Pacific Air and Sensor Net-centric Integration provides technical and programmatic support for Command, Control, Communications, Computer and Intelligence Surveillance Reconnaissance (C4ISR) Systems, Airborne, Ashore and Afloat, for Naval, Joint, Coalition and Federal projects and programs. Technical support is needed for engineering, technical and programmatic services for communication and networking systems, and associated certification and information assurance for new developments, current operations and planned upgrades.