Spectrum Warfare Evaluation Assessment Technology Engineering Research (SWEATER)

The Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory established this Master IDIQ for spectrum warfare evaluation, assessment, and advanced defense systems engineering research on December 29, 2015, with ordering authority closed as of November 5, 2020. The vehicle is no longer active for new task orders.

All five task orders under the vehicle have been awarded to HII Mission Technologies Corp on a competitive basis, representing the complete $40 million combined potential value. The single customer across all orders is the Air Force Research Laboratory itself. Ordering momentum was front-loaded: two orders were placed in 2015 at vehicle award, one order followed in 2017, one in 2018, and the final order in September 2020. No orders have been issued since the November 2020 ordering deadline.

Task orders funded research and engineering across spectrum warfare evaluation platforms and electronic warfare systems. Named programs include Advanced EW Concepts Evaluation System (ACES), Wideband Data Collection Pod (WDCP), SWEATER Versatile Evaluation & Stimulus Technology (VEST), and Research and Engineering for Advanced Defense Systems (READS). All five orders were structured as cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery orders under the master IDIQ.

Order values ranged from approximately $7.1 million to $11.9 million, with completion dates spanning March 2021 through April 2025. The most recent order, awarded in September 2020, was valued at $5.3 million with completion scheduled for April 2025. Combined obligated dollars reached $39.9 million against the $40 million ceiling, representing full utilization of the vehicle's potential value. No set-asides were applied to any task order under this vehicle.

Because ordering closed over five years ago and all potential value has been obligated, this vehicle presents no active pursuit opportunity. HII Mission Technologies Corp held the exclusive prime position throughout the vehicle's lifecycle.