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Pentagon May Award 70 AI Contracts Under Advana Recompete

Frank Wolfe

Monday, October 7th, 2024

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Pentagon May Award 70 AI Contracts Under Advana Recompete

U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin meets with Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer Radha Plumb and her family prior to her swearing in at the Pentagon on April 9 (DoD Photo)

The Pentagon is requesting input from industry, as DoD seeks a new Advancing Analytics (Advana) "1.2" solicitation, which may result in 50-70 contracts worth up to $15 billion over 10 years. The Advana "recompete" is under a so-called Advancing AI Multiple Award Contract (AAMAC). In June, 2021, Booz Allen Hamilton [BAH] said that it had won an up to $674 million, five-year contract for Advana, which stands for "advanced analytics." A federal contracts page said that Booz received a contract…

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