The Department of the Air Force has started seeking industry feedback on vendors for a potential five-year contract to support the High Band Mission Application Software, with a value between $100 and $500 million.
HBMAS Modernization
According to the presolicitation notice issued on SAM.gov Monday, the potential contractor will support the development, modernization, integration, deployment, cybersecurity and sustainment of the Air Force Distributed Common Ground System in alignment with the Operational Requirements Document. These activities will help ensure compliance with the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, or C4ISR, Architecture Framework, and the Joint Technical Architecture standards. Additional support for DCGS ground and airborne elements will be provided as directed.
Enhancing Intel Collection & Dissemination
The contract, which will have one base year and four 12-month options, aims to enhance HBMAS products and services used to gather, correlate data and distribute signals of interest and imagery intelligence from airborne and ground systems. The goal is to provide military personnel with more accurate and actionable intelligence.
