Mid-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Systems III (MEUAS III)

United States Special Operations Command established the Mid-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Systems III Master IDIQ on June 27, 2017, to procure Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance services via medium-endurance unmanned aircraft systems supporting Special Operations Forces worldwide. Ordering has been closed since June 25, 2022—nearly four years ago—making this vehicle unavailable for new task-order pursuit.

The vehicle funded 33 task orders through August 2022, with peak ordering activity in 2018 and 2019 (11 orders each year) followed by a sharp decline to 2 orders in 2020 and 1 each in 2021 and 2022. Combined potential value reached $585 million, of which $533 million (91 percent) has been obligated. The work encompassed planning, coordination, certification, installation, pre-deployment, deployment, logistics, maintenance, flight operations, and post-deployment efforts for named operations including Hurricane 1 through 7 and Spartan sites.

Three primes dominated the vehicle. Arcturus Uav, Inc. captured 15 orders worth $330.7 million in combined potential value; Textron Systems Corporation held 12 orders totaling $163.9 million; and Insitu, Inc. secured 6 orders valued at $90.4 million. The remaining three orders went to these same three firms. Approximately 91 percent of the vehicle's total value concentrated in these three contractors. All 33 task orders were unrestricted competitive awards with no set-asides.

Funding came almost entirely from United States Special Operations Command (31 orders, $535.4 million combined potential value), with marginal activity from Department of the Air Force ($41.2 million) and Air Mobility Command ($8.3 million). Representative task-order ceilings ranged from $150 thousand (interim flight clearance) to $49.8 million (ISR services and post-deployment), with many orders in the $15 million to $48 million range. Work was performed worldwide in support of SOF missions.

The vehicle transitioned to its successor, Mid Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Services IV, awarded June 29, 2020, which remains the active vehicle for new SOF UAS/ISR ordering.

The United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) Program Executive Office-Fixed Wing (PEO-FW) has awarded a Master IDIQ for the Medium Endurance Unmanned Air System (MEUAS III) Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) services (UAS/ISR). MEUAS III is a follow-on contract(s) for UAS ISR services supporting Special Operations Forces (SOF) personnel and missions world-wide. Services include all planning, coordination, certification, installation, pre-deployment, deployment, logistics, maintenance, flying, and post-deployment efforts necessary to successfully conduct world-wide missions.