PS-ISR Technology Research and Development (PS-ISR TR&D)

The Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command awarded this Master IDIQ on June 23, 2016 for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) technology research and development, with ordering authority that closed on June 22, 2021—the vehicle is no longer active and accepting new orders.

The vehicle funded analysis, studies, development, design, and demonstration of ISR concepts and technologies including persistent surveillance systems, open-source intelligence tools, multi-source data fusion, sensor platforms, cloud computing, Processing Exploitation and Dissemination (PED) tool automation, and counter-improvised explosive device (CIED) systems for asymmetric warfare, counter-terrorism, and counter-insurgency scenarios. Work converted sensor and intelligence data to actionable intelligence for real-time tactical decision-making.

Ordering activity was concentrated in the vehicle's first year. Nine of the eleven task orders awarded in 2016 were $2,500 minimum-guarantee kick-off meetings; the remaining two orders—one in late September 2016 and one in September 2017—represented the substantive work. Activity ceased after September 2017.

Polaris Alpha Advanced Systems Inc. dominated by value, holding two orders with combined potential value of $18.4 million against the $18.5 million combined vehicle total—representing 99% of the vehicle's actual work value. The Microwave Line of Sight (MLOS) order to Polaris Alpha, awarded September 1, 2017, commanded a $18.4 million potential ceiling with $14.6 million obligated. Logos Technologies, Booz Allen Hamilton, Leidos, and Concurrent Technologies Corp each held one order, all in the thousands of dollars. Nine distinct primes and two customer agencies participated; Department of the Army Materiel Command Research Development and Engineering Command placed ten orders totaling $18.4 million potential value.

All eleven task orders were unrestricted (no set-aside). Combined task-order potential value reached $18.5 million with $14.7 million obligated (80% of potential). The vehicle succeeded the PS-ISR Analytic Software IDIQ awarded in May 2016.

The purpose of the Persistent Surveillance - Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance (PS-ISR), ISR Technology Research and Development Master IDIQ is to provide a wide variety of technology support to include analysis, studies, development, design, and demonstration of innovative ISR concepts and technologies. These technologies form a holistic approach to locating terrorist networks through Persistent Surveillance, Open Source Intelligence, and the identification and localization of weapons of mass destruction systems, as well as Improvised Explosive Devices (IED). Technologies include sensors, cloud computing, multi-source data fusion, munitions detection systems, Signal Processing Tools and concepts, Processing, Exploitation, and Dissemination (PED) tool automation capabilities, and Counter Improvise Explosive Devices (CIED) technologies/systems in asymmetric, counter-terrorism, and counter-insurgency warfare scenarios. These technologies will convert sensor data and intelligence data to actionable intelligence and enable the local commander to make informed real-time decisions based on all available intelligence.