Purchase order · FA864924P0004
Air Force AI order to Pendulum Systems (FA864924P0004)
Department of the Air Force (Department of Defense) signed a purchase order with Pendulum Systems on 16 Oct 2023 for: Provide small unmanned aircraft system geo-location and assured positioning navigation timing in global positioning system-denied environments using machine learning. $1.25M obligated.
In context
Across 411 awards- Ranks 197 of 287 DoD awards in this ledger by obligated dollars, 0.13% of the agency's $984M.
- Pendulum Systems's only award in this ledger.
- Fully obligated: the obligation already equals the ceiling.
- Period of performance: 25 months, one of 158 AI awards signed in FY2024.
Award record
Source per value- Award IDThe PIID for contracts and IDVs, the FAIN for grants and cooperative agreements, exactly as USAspending.gov lists it.
- FA864924P00041
- Action dateDate the award was signed (contracts and IDVs) or the base action date (assistance), from the USAspending.gov award record.
- 2023-10-161
- Fiscal yearFederal fiscal year of the action date. FY2025 runs 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025.
- FY20241
- AgencyTop-tier awarding agency, as named by USAspending.gov.
- Department of Defense1
- Sub-agencyAwarding sub-tier agency (for example Department of the Army inside the Department of Defense). Empty when it equals the agency.
- Department of the Air Force1
- RecipientThe contractor or grantee on the award, as registered in SAM.gov and shown by USAspending.gov.
- Pendulum Systems, Inc.1
- Award typeThe award vehicle. Contracts and orders spend money; IDIQs, BPAs and GWACs are vehicles that orders are placed against; grants and cooperative agreements are financial assistance.
- Purchase order1
- Obligated $Total federal dollars obligated on the award to date (sum of all actions, including de-obligations). This is money committed, not a ceiling.
- $1,249,9241
- Ceiling $Base and all options value: the most the contract or IDV can reach if every option is exercised. A ceiling is not spending; never add it to obligations. Empty for grants.
- $1,249,9241
- Performance startStart of the period of performance.
- 2023-10-161
- Performance endCurrent end of the period of performance (or last date to order for an IDV).
- 2025-11-171
- PSCProduct or Service Code on the latest contract action, with its official description.
- AC32: National defense R&D services; defense-related activities; applied research1
- NAICSNAICS industry code on the latest contract action, with its description.
- 541715: Research and development in the physical, engineering, and life sciences (except nanotechnology and biotechnology)1
- Award descriptionThe award description as the agency entered it, cut at about 420 characters.
- PROVIDE SMALL UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEM GEO-LOCATION AND ASSURED POSITIONING NAVIGATION TIMING IN GLOBAL POSITIONING SYSTEM-DENIED ENVIRONMENTS USING MACHINE LEARNING1
- CompetitionExtent competed on the latest contract action.
- Full and open after exclusion of sources1
- Offers received offersNumber of offers the agency reports receiving.
- 2071
- PricingType of contract pricing (firm fixed price, cost plus fixed fee, time and materials...).
- Firm fixed price1
Source
- USAspending.gov award FA864924P0004 accessed 2026-11-11
Obligated is money committed to date. Ceiling is the base-and-all-options value: the most the award can reach. The two are never added.
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