Federal AI Contracts

Definitive contract · FA865825CB001

Air Force AI contract to University of Florida (FA865825CB001)

Department of the Air Force (Department of Defense) signed a definitive contract with University of Florida on 10 Apr 2025 for: Contract establishing support from the university of florida (uf) to assess weapon efficacy to expand capabilities of machine learning (ML) technologies on current operations to run experiments and test on artificial… $2.08M obligated, $4.66M ceiling.

Defense

Verified

Obligated
$2.08M 1
Ceiling
$4.66M 1
Signed
10 Apr 2025 1
Runs to
31 Dec 2028 1

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In context

Across 411 awards
  • Ranks 76 of 287 DoD awards in this ledger by obligated dollars, 0.21% of the agency's $984M.
  • University of Florida's only award in this ledger.
  • 45% of the $4.66M ceiling is obligated, leaving $2.58M in options not yet exercised.
  • Period of performance: 45 months, one of 151 AI awards signed in FY2025.

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.
FA865825CB0011
Action dateDate the award was signed (contracts and IDVs) or the base action date (assistance), from the USAspending.gov award record.
2025-04-101
Fiscal yearFederal fiscal year of the action date. FY2025 runs 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025.
FY20251
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.
University of Florida1
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.
Definitive contract1
Obligated $Total federal dollars obligated on the award to date (sum of all actions, including de-obligations). This is money committed, not a ceiling.
$2,080,5461
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.
$4,663,3131
Performance startStart of the period of performance.
2025-04-011
Performance endCurrent end of the period of performance (or last date to order for an IDV).
2028-12-311
PSCProduct or Service Code on the latest contract action, with its official description.
1420: Guided missile components1
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.
CONTRACT ESTABLISHING SUPPORT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA (UF) TO ASSESS WEAPON EFFICACY TO EXPAND CAPABILITIES OF MACHINE LEARNING (ML) TECHNOLOGIES ON CURRENT OPERATIONS TO RUN EXPERIMENTS AND TEST ON ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) SYSTEMS.1
CompetitionExtent competed on the latest contract action.
Not competed1
Offers received offersNumber of offers the agency reports receiving.
11
PricingType of contract pricing (firm fixed price, cost plus fixed fee, time and materials...).
Cost no fee1

Source

  1. USAspending.gov award FA865825CB001 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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