BAE Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration Inc.

BAE Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration Inc.'s FAST Labs-Advanced Information Technologies Division operates as a prime contractor (91% of recent awards) delivering advanced artificial intelligence, machine learning, autonomous systems, and electronic sensing research and development to defense and national security agencies under cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contracts and Other Transaction Agreements, competing in full and open procurements without set-aside designations.

FAST Labs is a division of BAE Systems Information And Electronic Systems Integration Inc., a subsidiary of BAE Systems PLC, headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts. The division's work concentrates in NAICS 541512 (Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences) and PSC R&D codes across applied research, exploratory development, advanced development, and basic research phases. Across the parent vendor's 256 total federal awards spanning two decades, the division's portfolio reflects a defense research and advanced technology development footprint anchored in DARPA, Air Force Research Laboratory, and Army Research Laboratory relationships.

The division's customer base is heavily concentrated in the defense research enterprise. The top five funding agencies account for 84% of awards: the Department of the Air Force Materiel Command Research Laboratory leads with 133 awards and $573.5 million combined potential value, followed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency with 50 awards and $370.6 million, the Department of the Army Materiel Command Army Contracting Command Aberdeen Proving Ground with 8 awards and $47.4 million, the Department of the Navy Secretary of the Navy Office of Naval Research with 18 awards and $37.5 million, and the Department of the Navy Information Warfare Systems Command with 6 awards and $34.9 million. These rankings are consistent between award count and potential value, indicating that the division's largest customers are also its most frequent ones.

Representative prime contracts include a $16.67 million cost-plus-fixed-fee award from DARPA for Mission-Integrated Network Control (BEDROCK) with subcontractors Aimdyn, Ram Laboratories, and Apogee Research LLC focused on secure network overlays and cross-network data optimization; a $9.33 million cost-plus-fixed-fee award from the Air Force Research Laboratory for the Breadth of Options Simulation and AI (BONSAI) program with subcontractors Uncharted Software and Kestrel Institute; a $5.6 million cost-plus-fixed-fee award from the Army Combat Capabilities Development Command Army Research Laboratory for electronic sensing research with SI2 Technologies as subcontractor; a $4.33 million cost-plus-fixed-fee award from the Air Force Research Laboratory for Artificial Intelligence Command and Control (AIC2) supporting Joint All Domain Command and Control; a $2.83 million cost-plus-fixed-fee award from the Office of Naval Research for Compressed Representation for Adaptive Messaging (CRAM) addressing RF data compression; and a $999,286 Other Transaction Agreement from DARPA for Hybrid AI Integrating Koopman Units (HAIKU) exploring artificial intelligence and dynamical systems theory. The division also holds a multi-award Other Transaction IDV from DARPA with a $999,657 ceiling for Uncertainty Propagation Via Dynamical Evolution of Information From Complex Signals, Sensors, and Environments (U PRECISE).

Activity has been volatile year to year, with 16 awards in 2021, 4 in 2022, 1 in 2023, 4 in 2024, and 1 in 2025. Five awards with a combined potential value of $39.7 million face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, creating recompete exposure. The division subcontracts infrequently — sub awards represent only 9% of the portfolio — and include a sub-award to Matrix Research Inc. for Beyond Linear Processing support and a sub-grant award to General Atomics for laser optics work. In the Service Contract Inventory, the division appears minimally — only 0.2 FTEs recorded across a single FY2024 sub record — indicating that SCI-reportable service contracts above the $150,000 threshold do not reflect the division's primary delivery model, which centers on cost-plus research and development contracts that may fall below SCI thresholds or carry different accounting classifications.