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Air Force

SAIC Unseats KBR as Air Force TENCAP HOPE Contractor

Frank Wolfe

Wednesday, June 25th, 2025

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SAIC Unseats KBR as Air Force TENCAP HOPE Contractor

Science Applications International Corp. [SAIC] has unseated KBR [KBR] as the contractor for the Air Force Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities Hyper-Innovative Operational Prototype Engineering (AF TENCAP HOPE) program run from Schriever Space Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colo. On Wednesday, SAIC said that the Air Force has awarded the company a five-year, up to $928 million contract for AF TENCAP HOPE 2.0 that the company plans to start next month. Congress mandated the establishment of the overall DoD TENCAP…

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