Airman Decision Making and Interface Research Program (ADMIRE)

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory established this Master IDIQ on November 22, 2019, with a shared ceiling of $135 million to support basic, applied, and advanced research across five technical areas: Battlespace Acoustics, Supervisory Control and Cognition, Aerospace Physiology, Battlespace Visualization, and Applied Neuroscience. Ordering closed November 22, 2024; no new task orders may be placed against this vehicle.

The vehicle is fully exhausted. Combined task-order potential value across 16 awards totals $159.1 million, with $153.9 million obligated (97% of potential value). The most recent task order was awarded June 21, 2023. Ordering momentum declined sharply in the final years of the vehicle: the first three years (2019–2021) averaged four orders annually, dropping to three orders in 2022 and one in 2023.

Task orders span cognitive and physical performance research, interface development, and decision-support systems. Recent work includes Calibrated Reliance in Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Cognitive and Physical Performance in Operational Environments (CAPPOE), Future Airborne Interface Development (FAID), Responsive Operator-Interface Development (ROID), and Intelligent Collaborative & Adaptive Trusted Transparent Teaming Interfaces (ICAT3I). All awards are unrestricted competitive; no set-aside designations were used.

DCS Corporation and BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc. dominate the prime contractor base. DCS holds 7 orders with $65.4 million combined potential value, while BAE Systems holds 5 orders with $60.7 million. Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. holds 2 orders valued at $18.9 million. These three primes account for the full award portfolio. All task orders fund the Air Force Research Laboratory (14 orders, $128.1 million) or the broader Department of the Air Force (2 orders, $31.1 million).

Task orders employ Cost Plus Fixed Fee pricing, with ceiling values ranging from roughly $2.6 million to $28 million. Performance periods vary but typically span 36–60 months. Since ordering is closed and the vehicle is heavily obligated, new work opportunities are not available.

The goal of this effort is to provide basic, applied and advanced research, development and demonstration for the mission of the 711HPW/RHC. The objective of this effort is to perform research to understand and deliver persistent situation awareness and improved warfighter decision making for integrated and synchronized Air Force operations in five Technical Areas: Battlespace Acoustics, Supervisory Control and Cognition, Aerospace Physiology, Battlespace Visualization, and Applied Neuroscience