Definitive contract · FA875126C0001
Air Force AI contract to Scale AI (FA875126C0001)
Department of the Air Force (Department of Defense) signed a definitive contract with Scale AI on 25 Feb 2026 for: Agentic artificial intelligence for the e-4c/survivable airborne operations center (saoc) program. $5.06M obligated, $32.2M ceiling.
In context
Across 411 awards- Ranks 44 of 287 DoD awards in this ledger by obligated dollars, 0.51% of the agency's $984M.
- Scale AI holds 5 awards here, $11.4M obligated in total.
- 16% of the $32.2M ceiling is obligated, leaving $27.2M in options not yet exercised.
- Period of performance: 15 months, one of 101 AI awards signed in FY2026.
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.
- FA875126C00011
- Action dateDate the award was signed (contracts and IDVs) or the base action date (assistance), from the USAspending.gov award record.
- 2026-02-251
- Fiscal yearFederal fiscal year of the action date. FY2025 runs 1 October 2024 to 30 September 2025.
- FY20261
- 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.
- Scale AI1
- 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.
- $5,064,5511
- 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.
- $32,247,1941
- Performance startStart of the period of performance.
- 2026-02-271
- Performance endCurrent end of the period of performance (or last date to order for an IDV).
- 2027-05-261
- Potential endEnd date if every option is exercised, when it differs from the current end.
- 2031-02-261
- PSCProduct or Service Code on the latest contract action, with its official description.
- 7A20: IT and telecom - application development software (perpetual license software)1
- NAICSNAICS industry code on the latest contract action, with its description.
- 513210: Software publishers1
- Award descriptionThe award description as the agency entered it, cut at about 420 characters.
- AGENTIC ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FOR THE E-4C/SURVIVABLE AIRBORNE OPERATIONS CENTER (SAOC) PROGRAM1
- CompetitionExtent competed on the latest contract action.
- Full and open competition1
- Offers received offersNumber of offers the agency reports receiving.
- 11
- PricingType of contract pricing (firm fixed price, cost plus fixed fee, time and materials...).
- Firm fixed price1
Source
- USAspending.gov award FA875126C0001 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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Air Force AI order to Scale AI (FA873025PB007)
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Army AI IDIQ to Scale AI (W911QX25DA011)
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$0 obligated · $99.5M ceiling -
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