Design, Development, Demonstration and Integration (D3I)

The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command, contracting through Aviation and Missile Command, established a Master IDIQ for Design, Development, Demonstration and Integration (D3I) services on February 18, 2016, with a shared ceiling of $1.941 billion across three technical domains: space and high altitude capabilities, integrated missile defense, cyber and information operations, and information integration. Ordering closed on February 16, 2025, making this vehicle no longer available for new task orders.

The vehicle funded 59 task orders totaling $2.12 billion in combined potential value, of which $1.51 billion (71 percent) has been obligated. Orders per year have remained modest and uneven—ranging from 2 to 5 per year over the last five years—with the most recent order issued on July 12, 2024. The vast majority of work—56 of 59 orders—funded Department of the Army Space and Missile Defense Command priorities, with residual orders supporting the Air Force and a single Redstone Arsenal requisition.

Awarded work spans directed energy systems (Advanced Directed Energy Technologies, Directed Energy System Integration Laboratory Technologies, and high-energy laser component development), air and missile defense sustainment and testing (National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System maintenance, Tactical Range Air Defense Missile target design and test support), space and high-altitude demonstrations, mission command information systems support, wargaming and combat development analysis, and space nuclear propulsion research. Task orders are predominantly Cost Plus Fixed Fee, with durations typically extending 24 to 36 months and ceilings ranging from roughly $35,000 to $114 million; mega-orders include a $114 million Tactical Range Air Defense Missile II test support effort and a $98.8 million Manufacturing Advancements in Components for Directed Energy order.

Science Applications International Corporation dominated by potential value with $614.6 million across six orders, followed by Radiance Technologies Inc. ($370.4 million, 7 orders), Teledyne Brown Engineering ($277.5 million, 7 orders), Dynetics Inc. ($235.4 million, 4 orders), and Cybex LLC ($180.5 million, 6 orders). These five firms captured 79 percent of combined potential value; the remaining 13 awardees held a long tail of smaller engagements.

Approximately two-thirds of task orders (39 of 59) were unrestricted competitive awards; the remaining one-third (20 orders, 34 percent) were designated for total small business, nearly all sole-source. No orders carried other set-aside categories. Obligated dollars against small-business orders were proportionally lower than against unrestricted orders, indicating that small-business task orders tend toward lower individual values despite representing a significant share of the awardee population.

U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/Army Forces Strategic Command (USASMDC/ARSTRAT) has awarded a Master IDIQ for Design, Development, Demonstration and Integration (D3I) services. The D3I contracts will be utilized to conduct research for the development of hardware components and software solutions for space, high altitude (HA) and the aerial layer, integrated missile defense, cyber and information operations (IO), information integration and data exploitation, enhanced Warfighter capabilities, and perform inherent Army Service Component Command responsibilities to meet USASMDC/ARSTRAT's mission goals. D3I is separated into three domains.