Tangram Flex Inc.

Tangram Flex Inc. is a for-profit small business headquartered in Dayton, Ohio, that specializes in rapid integration and customized software solutions for complex defense systems. The company serves as a prime contractor to the U.S. Department of Defense, with particular emphasis on supporting Air Force research, development, and acquisition initiatives. Tangram Flex Inc. maintains expertise in software integration, systems engineering, digital engineering, cybersecurity, and multi-domain technologies that directly address critical modernization priorities for the Department of the Air Force and related defense agencies.

Tangram Flex Inc. has accumulated an extensive portfolio of federal contract awards spanning multiple research and development initiatives, predominantly funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Materiel Command, and related defense organizations. The company has executed numerous Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) contracts across Phase I, Phase II, and Phase III efforts, with contract values ranging from approximately $50,000 for initial Phase I awards to $29.5 million for Phase III delivery orders. Representative contract efforts include research on multi-domain design verification and validation, software maintenance and sustainment, modeling and architecture design for continuous assurance testing, data mesh technology development, and advanced software architectures for command and control systems. Notable projects include work on the Rapid Integration and Development Environment (RIDE) platform, the Operational Flight Program Rapidly Cloned Allowing Simulation (ORCAS) project, Modeling Architectures Reimagined for Digital Engineering with Government Reference Architectures (MARDE-GRAS), Swappable Componentization via Integration Levying Lightweight Simulators (SCILLS), and cybersecurity-focused initiatives such as Cyber Component Assurance Technologies (CYBERCATS). Contract award designations have included total small business set-asides as well as unrestricted awards, with pricing structures employing both firm fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee arrangements. The company has also served as a subcontractor on federal contracts, including work supporting cyber security analysis and information assurance development under DCS Corporation as prime contractor. Additionally, Tangram Flex received a $150,000 SBIR Phase I award from the Office of the Secretary of Defense for data mesh technology development, demonstrating reach beyond Air Force-specific funding.

Tangram Flex Inc. maintains four active Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract vehicles that position the company as a strategic technology partner across multiple Air Force and defense organizations. The company holds a $950 million multiple-award IDIQ for the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) program awarded by the Air Force in February 2022, which supports next-generation command and control technologies and Joint All-Domain Command and Control capabilities. A second major vehicle is the $900 million Air Force Life Cycle Management Center Architecture and Integration Directorate IDIQ awarded in December 2022, which supports engineering, design, development, and simulation capabilities across three technical categories: capability development and planning, systems development, and synthetic environment development. Under this vehicle, Tangram Flex supports multi-domain systems capabilities development at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. The company also holds a $46 billion Eglin Wide Agile Acquisition Contract (EWAAC) multiple-award IDIQ established by the Air Force Lifecycle Management Center at Eglin Air Force Base, which encompasses rapid weapons technology development, research, development, test, evaluation, production, sustainment, and modernization activities across the full weapons lifecycle. Additionally, Tangram Flex maintains a Basic Ordering Agreement with the Naval Air Warfare Center for SBIR Phase II research and development services valued at $1,899,618 with a completion date of January 11, 2026. The company also operates under an Other Transaction Indefinite Delivery Vehicle established by the Air Force Research Laboratory under the "Project Fighter Optimization Experiment" initiative, through which task orders for fighter aircraft optimization research and development services may be issued. These IDVs enable the Air Force Research Laboratory, Air Force Materiel Command, and related organizations to issue task orders for advanced technology development, rapid prototyping, systems integration, and capability advancement efforts aligned with multi-domain operations and command and control modernization objectives.