Air Force Invests in Cybersecurity

SRC Inc., North Syracuse, New York, was awarded a $60,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with cost-plus-fixed-fee task orders for research and development. This contract provides for exploring new and emerging concepts related to development, integration, assessment, evaluation and demonstration of cybersecurity, open system architecture, novel avionics and sensor technologies and multidomain technologies focusing on the electric warfare piece of the avionics. Work will be performed in New York, Virginia, Ohio and Texas, and is expected to be completed by April 1, 2031. This contract was a competitive acquisition, and five offers were received. Fiscal 2024 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $150,000 are being obligated at time of award. The Air Force Research Laboratory, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA2377-24-D-B001, FA2377-24-F-B001). (Awarded April 16, 2024)