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.

Defense

Verified

Obligated
$5.06M 1
Ceiling
$32.2M 1
Signed
25 Feb 2026 1
Runs to
26 May 2027 1

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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

  1. 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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