Airman Decision Making and Interface Research Program (ADMIRE)

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory (Air Force Research Laboratory) awarded the Airman Decision Making and Interface Research Program, a Master IDIQ with a $135 million shared ceiling and no set-aside, for basic, applied, and advanced research across five technical areas: battlespace acoustics, supervisory control and cognition, aerospace physiology, battlespace visualization, and applied neuroscience. Orders may be placed through February 22, 2028, which leaves 1 year and 3 months of ordering authority. The vehicle was established November 22, 2019, and the source identifies no predecessor or successor.

The vehicle carries 16 task orders with $159.1 million in combined potential value, of which $154.8 million (97%) is obligated. Combined potential value exceeds the $135 million shared ceiling. Ordering has slowed steadily: four orders in each of 2019, 2020, and 2021, three in 2022, and one in 2023, with the most recent award dated June 21, 2023. Awarded orders center on human-machine teaming and operator interfaces, cognitive and physical performance in operational environments, aerospace physiology, battlespace visualization, and AI and machine-learning reliance, all priced cost-plus-fixed-fee.

DCS Corporation holds the most orders, with 7 totaling $65.4 million in combined potential value, followed by BAE Systems Space & Mission Systems Inc. (5 orders, $60.7 million) and Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp. (2 orders, $18.9 million). The portfolio block lists DCS Corporation again for 2 orders at $14 million, and it does not separately name the fourth of the four distinct primes. The Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory places 15 of the 16 orders ($131.1 million combined potential value), and the Department of the Air Force places one order at $28.1 million.

All 16 orders carry no set-aside designation. Individual order ceilings in the recent-award block range from $2.6 million to $28.1 million. The largest order, ROID (FA865020D6203-FA865021F6272), was awarded February 5, 2021, with $28,056,804.66 obligated. Completion dates across the recent-award block run from May 30, 2024, to February 28, 2028.

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