USSOCOM Degraded Visual Environmental Pilotage System

United States Special Operations Command established this Master IDIQ on September 30, 2013, to develop, test, integrate, and produce the Degraded Visual Environment Pilotage System (DVEPS) for Army Special Operations Aviation. Ordering closed on August 31, 2018, nearly eight years ago; the vehicle is no longer active.

The IDIQ executed seven task orders over four years, with ordering momentum declining sharply after 2014. Three orders in 2013 and two in 2014 were followed by only one order each in 2015 and 2017. All work was cost-reimbursable (cost-plus-fixed-fee or cost-no-fee). The most recent delivery order, awarded September 21, 2017, supported an integrated system demonstration with a ceiling of $37.1 million; two earlier orders in 2014 and 2015 funded Phase II and Phase III integrated system development activities.

Sierra Nevada Company dominated the vehicle with four orders and $68.8 million in combined potential value—89% of the total. The Boeing Company held two orders worth $7.1 million, and Rockwell Collins received one order for $1.3 million. All seven orders funded USSOCOM alone. All work carried unrestricted (no set-aside) designations.

The vehicle's combined potential value stands at $77.2 million, with $77.1 million obligated (100% of potential value). The program transitioned from concept demonstration (three orders in fiscal 2013, totaling roughly $4 million) through integrated system development phases (two orders in 2014 for roughly $11.6 million) to an integrated system demonstration (orders in 2015 and 2017 totaling over $61.5 million). All seven task orders have completed performance; the most recent completion date was April 30, 2021.

This vehicle is closed to new work and has fully obligated its potential value, making it unsuitable for new pursuit.

This Master IDIQ involves the development, testing, integration and production of the Degraded Visual Environment Pilotage System (DVEPS) for the Army Special Operations Aviation (ARSOA).