Science Applications International Corp. will support the U.S. Air Force Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities in prototyping warfighting capabilities under a five-year, $928 million Hyper-Innovative Operational Prototype Engineering 2.0 contract.
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AF TENCAP, a congressionally mandated rapid acquisition organization, uses existing air, space, cyber, national, and global intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems to quickly deliver innovative and secure warfighting capabilities across Air Force and joint military missions for the Department of Defense, SAIC said Wednesday.
Prototypes With Potential to Become Programs of Records
In line with the contract, the company will provide research, development, testing, and evaluation mission engineering services to help AF TENCAP develop prototypes that can rapidly transition to programs of record to improve warfighting superiority and decision dominance in all domains.
“TENCAP’s rapid development approach is fully aligned with DoD’s Software Acquisition Pathway and will be essential to contribute to national priorities such as deterrence in the Pacific and Golden Dome for America, keeping our military the best in the world,” said Vincent DiFronzo, SAIC executive vice president of Air Force and combatant commands business group and a two-time Wash100 Award recipient. “Using our proven expertise in rapid mission integration, SAIC leverages advanced commercial technologies to keep the DoD on the cutting edge of all-domain warfighting capabilities.”
Work under the contract also includes utilizing sensor and data fusion to maintain decision dominance, improving command and control decisions in complex environments, integrating new materials and manufacturing processes, fusing data to ensure accurate status of threat and friendly forces, supporting unique requirements of Special Operations Forces, enhancing battlespace awareness, increasing air superiority and interoperability, and developing innovative cyberspace capabilities.
“To deter conflict and win wars in today’s data-centric battlefield, warfighters must have integrated actionable data including the full power of Intelligence Community capabilities,” DiFronzo said.
