Definitive contract · FA875025CB072

Air Force AI contract to Black River Systems Company (FA875025CB072)

Department of the Air Force (Department of Defense) signed a definitive contract with Black River Systems Company on 4 Sep 2025 for: Next generation command and control (ngc2) will advance (daf) capabilities in command and control (C2) by leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and embracing a distributed operational model. $2.49M obligated, $4.97M ceiling.

Defense

Verified

Obligated
$2.49M 1
Ceiling
$4.97M 1
Signed
4 Sep 2025 1
Runs to
1 Nov 2028 1

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In context

Across 411 awards
  • Ranks 65 of 287 DoD awards in this ledger by obligated dollars, 0.25% of the agency's $984M.
  • Black River Systems Company's only award in this ledger.
  • 50% of the $4.97M ceiling is obligated, leaving $2.48M in options not yet exercised.
  • Period of performance: 38 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.
FA875025CB0721
Action dateDate the award was signed (contracts and IDVs) or the base action date (assistance), from the USAspending.gov award record.
2025-09-041
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.
Black River Systems Company, 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.
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.
$2,486,6631
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.
$4,965,6001
Performance startStart of the period of performance.
2025-09-041
Performance endCurrent end of the period of performance (or last date to order for an IDV).
2028-11-011
PSCProduct or Service Code on the latest contract action, with its official description.
AC12: National defense R&D services; department of defense - military; 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.
NEXT GENERATION COMMAND AND CONTROL (NGC2) WILL ADVANCE (DAF) CAPABILITIES IN COMMAND AND CONTROL (C2) BY LEVERAGING ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) TECHNOLOGIES AND EMBRACING A DISTRIBUTED OPERATIONAL MODEL.1
CompetitionExtent competed on the latest contract action.
Full and open competition1
Offers received offersNumber of offers the agency reports receiving.
21
PricingType of contract pricing (firm fixed price, cost plus fixed fee, time and materials...).
Cost plus fixed fee1

Source

  1. USAspending.gov award FA875025CB072 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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