Open Architecture Standards Management

The Department of the Air Force Headquarters Secretary of the Air Force awarded a Master IDIQ on January 1, 2019, to develop, evolve via Pre-planned Product Improvement initiatives, manage, and provide configuration control of the Open Mission Systems and Universal Command and Control Interface standards collectively referred to as the Open Architecture Standards. The vehicle's last date to order was December 30, 2022—the vehicle is no longer accepting new orders as of that date, now closed for 3 years 6 months.

The work centers on standards management and configuration control, with task orders spanning open architecture management standards, Open Mission Systems work, cloud environments (OAMO Cloud), bounding tools, and incremental funding arrangements. All 19 task orders awarded under the vehicle carry Cost Plus Fixed Fee pricing, indicating the work involves uncertain technical scope typical of standards development and R&D.

Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation and Lockheed Martin Corporation dominate the vehicle by potential value, holding $31.6 million and $30.6 million respectively across four and three orders each. The Boeing Company, Raytheon Company, and BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc. round out the top five, holding a combined $36.2 million. These five primes capture 90 percent of the vehicle's combined potential value; three smaller contractors split the remainder. The customer base is tightly concentrated: the Department of the Air Force holds 15 orders valued at $105.1 million, with the Department of the Air Force Headquarters Secretary of the Air Force holding 4 orders at $4.4 million.

The vehicle deployed $109.5 million in combined potential value across its ordering period, with $104.2 million obligated (95 percent). All 19 task orders carry no set-aside designation. Ordering activity peaked early, with 7 orders in 2019, declining to 3 in 2021 before rising to 5 in 2022 (the final year of the ordering window). Representative task-order values in 2022 ranged from $2.3 million to $15.3 million in ceiling value, with most clustering in the $2 million to $15 million band. Recent task orders completed through 2023 and early 2024. Since the vehicle closed to new orders more than three years ago, no new task orders are available for pursuit.

The Air Force has awarded a Master IDIQ to develop, evolve, update via Pre-planned Product Improvement (P3I) initiatives, manage, and provide configuration control of the Open Mission Systems and Universal Command and Control Interface standards, collectively referred to as the Open Architecture Standards. Awardees shall assist and coordinate with program offices adopting and using the OA Standards and address and respond to the opinions of independent assessments of Federally Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) and other entities which are often leveraged by the Air Force. Business goals include: promote adaptability, flexibility, and expandability; support a variety of missions and domains; simplify integration; reduce technical risk and overall cost of ownership of weapon system programs; enable affordable technology refresh and capability evolution; enable reuse; enable independent development and deployment of system elements; and accommodate a range of cybersecurity approaches.