SPAWAR MIDS Low Volume Terminals Production 2015-2020

The Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command awarded a Master IDIQ to Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) for Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) Low Volume Terminals spares production and engineering services on August 21, 2015, with ordering closing August 20, 2020. The vehicle has now expired; the most recent task order was placed September 30, 2025, five years after the ordering deadline, indicating continued execution of work under orders already in place rather than new ordering authority.

The vehicle carries a combined potential value of $675.3 million, with $674 million obligated as of the most recent task orders—essentially 100 percent of the vehicle's stated capacity. Across its ten-year lifespan, SPAWAR issued 157 task orders. Activity has trended downward in recent years: 21 orders in 2021 declining to 12 in 2025, a pattern consistent with a mature, closed-to-new-ordering vehicle executing legacy commitments. The most recent awards show a mix of production units, retrofit kits and services, and engineering support, with individual delivery-order ceilings ranging from under $10 thousand for small engineering tasks to $36.9 million for large production runs like the MIDS-LVT(1) [BU2] production order awarded in September 2020.

Three primes hold the entire portfolio. Data Link Solutions LLC leads with 68 orders and $341.4 million in combined potential value, followed by L3 Technologies, Inc. with 39 orders and $232.2 million, and Viasat Inc. with 50 orders and $101.7 million. All 157 orders were unrestricted—no set-aside activity. The Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command was the sole customer across all task orders, placing 100 percent of the $675.3 million total.

Task orders span MIDS-LVT production in multiple variants (LVT(1), LVT(2), LVT(3), LVT(4)), BU2 retrofit kits and retrofit services across multiple platforms, engineering services including Korea field-support work, spares and line-replaceable units, and international programs such as MIDS Life Cycle Management for France and SDAF. Performance includes both domestic work and international locations. The vehicle is closed to new ordering and substantially exhausted; pursuit is not viable.

The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR), on behalf of the Multifunctional Information Distribution System (MIDS) International Program Office (IPO), has awarded a Master IDIQ for the production of MIDS Low Volume Terminals (LVT) spares and for engineering services.