The companies will compete for task orders to research and develop geospatial intelligence and non-nuclear measurement and signature intelligence tools under Advanced Technical Exploitation Program II, the Defense Department said Friday.
ATEP II also covers work to help the Air Force’s National Air and Space Intelligence Center gather, exploit and disseminate GEOINT and MASINT data.
DoD says the branch will issue orders through Oct. 2, 2018, and could award options until Oct. 2, 2022.
The ATEP II program is set aside for small businesses and managed by the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio.