Development, Technical, Management, and Engineering Services for ISR Systems and Information Operations from Seabed to Space

The Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command awarded a Master IDIQ for development, technical, management, and engineering services supporting ISR systems and information operations on March 3, 2021, with a last date to order of March 2, 2026—now closed. The vehicle carries a combined potential value of $158 million across 56 task orders, of which $112.9 million (71%) has been obligated.

Ordering activity has declined significantly. The vehicle sustained steady flow in its first two years—13 orders in 2022 and 12 in 2023—then dropped to 3 orders in 2024, 2 in 2025, and 3 in early 2026. The most recent task order award dates to January 21, 2026. No set-aside restrictions apply; all 56 orders are unrestricted, competed awards at cost-plus-fixed-fee pricing with performance durations typically ranging from 12 to 18 months and individual task ceilings between roughly $600 thousand and $16 million.

Scope reflects Navy ISR operations across platforms and signals disciplines. Recent orders include engineering and test support for maritime unmanned systems (Sea Hunter/Sea Hawk variants), SIGINT research and development, optical system design and assessment, sustainment engineering for fielded ISR systems (ESCC, NECC), software development (NITES-Next), and support services for tactical receive segments, integrated broadcast systems, and autonomous docking. Work is performed worldwide, including aboard vessels and with coalition partners.

Competition is concentrated among five primes holding 82% of task orders. Peraton Inc. leads by potential value with $61.6 million across 11 orders; Science Applications International Corporation follows with $40.7 million across 16 orders. Booz Allen Hamilton, Leidos, and Epsilon C5I complete the top five, with Epsilon holding $29 million in potential value across 5 orders. The remaining six primes are fragmented across small engagements.

Customer concentration is extreme: the Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command accounts for 44 of 56 orders and $135.1 million of the $158 million combined potential value (86%). Remaining orders span the Office of Naval Research, Naval Sea Systems Command, Naval Supply Systems Command Engineering Logistics Office, and DoD Washington Headquarters Services.

The vehicle is closed to new orders as of July 2026, five years after award. For firms not already on the awardee roster, pursuit is no longer viable.

Provide the Navy with the ability to develop and field ISR systems that incorporate the latest capabilities for maintaining robust communication, surveillance, and security to accommodate advances in technology and other complementary systems while countering ever-increasing threats. Provide technical support services in the form of research, studies, material analysis, algorithm development, data design processing, hardware and software development, fabrication, installation, testing, deployment, recovery, repair, systems engineering, program and configuration management, logistics, maintenance, sustainment, training, environmental support, and analysis in support of ISR activities, ISR systems, and corresponding cybersecurity operations.