Electromagnetic Command and Control (EMC2)

The Office of Naval Research established a Master IDIQ for electromagnetic command and control (EMC2) research, design, fabrication, integration, and test and evaluation of multi-function RF prototypes integrating electronic warfare, radar, communications, and information operations functionality, with ordering closed on April 25, 2021 — over five years ago.

This vehicle is no longer active for new orders. The most recent task order award occurred in September 2018, and the ordering period ended in April 2021. All 14 task orders were placed between October 2016 and September 2018, concentrated in the first year: 12 orders in 2016, followed by one each in 2017 and 2018.

The combined potential value across all task orders stands at $12.7 million, with $10.7 million obligated (84% of potential value). Two contractors dominate: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation holds $8.5 million across two orders, and Lockheed Martin Corporation holds $4.2 million across two orders. The remaining potential value is split among 10 contractors, each with minimal exposure. All task orders fund the Office of Naval Research exclusively.

The vehicle operated as unrestricted competition throughout its active period. Most task orders were smaller, minimum-guarantee-satisfying awards: 12 of the 14 orders carried ceiling values of $500 each, issued in October 2016 to establish minimum commitments. Two substantive orders drove most activity: a $4.2 million firm-fixed-price design study awarded in September 2018 to Lockheed Martin, and a $8.5 million cost-plus-fixed-fee development order awarded in July 2017 to Northrop Grumman for enhancements to resource allocation management under the Electromagnetic Maneuver Command and Control Program.

The vehicle's shared ceiling was $900 million, but awarded activity consumed only $12.7 million in potential value. The combination of a closed ordering period, minimal recent activity, and nearly all potential value already obligated makes pursuit of this vehicle infeasible.

This effort with the Office of Naval Research is for the study, design, fabrication, integration, and test & evaluation (T & E) tasks anticipated for the development and demonstration of a set of prototypes, and their component subsystems, that integrate RF functionality (Electronic Warfare (EW), Radar, Communications (Comms), Information Operations (IO)) into a common set of mulit-function apertures, electronics and software/firmware through an architecture that is modular, scalable across platforms and open at the RF, electronics and software/firmware levels.