Definitive contract · W911QX25C0005

Army AI contract to Metron (W911QX25C0005)

Department of the Army (Department of Defense) signed a definitive contract with Metron on 18 Aug 2025 for: Broad agency announcement contract for research, development, test, and evaluation of artificial intelligence and machine learning-enabling technologies for expeditionary maneuver and air/ground reconnaissance. $19M obligated, $48.7M ceiling.

Defense

Verified

Obligated
$19M 1
Ceiling
$48.7M 1
Signed
18 Aug 2025 1
Runs to
3 Dec 2027 1

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In context

Across 411 awards
  • Ranks 6 of 287 DoD awards in this ledger by obligated dollars, 1.9% of the agency's $984M.
  • Metron holds 2 awards here, $21.8M obligated in total.
  • 39% of the $48.7M ceiling is obligated, leaving $29.7M in options not yet exercised.
  • Period of performance: 27 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.
W911QX25C00051
Action dateDate the award was signed (contracts and IDVs) or the base action date (assistance), from the USAspending.gov award record.
2025-08-181
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 Army1
RecipientThe contractor or grantee on the award, as registered in SAM.gov and shown by USAspending.gov.
Metron Incorporated1
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.
$18,983,6101
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.
$48,652,7971
Performance startStart of the period of performance.
2025-08-181
Performance endCurrent end of the period of performance (or last date to order for an IDV).
2027-12-031
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.
BROAD AGENCY ANNOUNCEMENT CONTRACT FOR RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE AND MACHINE LEARNING-ENABLING TECHNOLOGIES FOR EXPEDITIONARY MANEUVER AND AIR/GROUND RECONNAISSANCE.1
CompetitionExtent competed on the latest contract action.
Full and open competition1
Offers received offersNumber of offers the agency reports receiving.
9991
PricingType of contract pricing (firm fixed price, cost plus fixed fee, time and materials...).
Cost plus fixed fee1

Source

  1. USAspending.gov award W911QX25C0005 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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