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Air Force

Air Force Awards JADC2 Contracts with $950 Million Ceiling

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, November 4th, 2020

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Air Force Awards JADC2 Contracts with $950 Million Ceiling

Preston Dunlap, Air Force Chief Architect, briefs Department of Defense senior leaders on ABMS works during the first ABMS live demonstration at Eglin AFB, Fla. last December 18. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force on Nov. 4 awarded 24 companies indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contracts worth up to $950 million to aid in the development of Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2), an effort to build a cross-service digital architecture for multi-domain operations. The latest awards follow those made by the Air Force on May 29 when the service awarded 28 companies IDIQ contracts with award ceilings of up to $950 million for JADC2. The Nov. 4 contracts are to…

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