Air Force Awards $1B TETRAS II Contract

Air Force Awards $1B TETRAS II Contract

The Air Force Test Center has announced 46 winners (jump to Awardees) of the $1 billion Test & Evaluation Technologies for Ranges, Armaments & Spectrum (TETRAS) II IDIQ. TETRAS II will support the ongoing mission of the test community to develop and integrate highly specialized technologies required to meet DoD test user systems under test and facilities needs for Developmental Test (DT) and Operational Test (OT) capabilities.

The IDIQ is a follow-on to the $1 billion TETRAS IDIQ awarded to 14 companies in 2017. All contractors that won task orders under the prior IDIQ also won seats under TETRAS II. 49 offers for the solicitation that closed in September 2022 were received.

TETRAS II Objectives

The primary objective of TETRAS II is to provide the 96th Range Group and other Department of Defense customers with the capability to meet the need to urgently develop and modify T&E systems and facilities and to support mandatory radio frequency (RF) spectrum transition plans as the test community employs technologies to ensure the performance of 5th generation weapons and cyber systems and begins the process of validating and transitioning to 6th generation technologies.

Task areas under TETRAS II include:

1. Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Cybersecurity, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C5ISR)
2. Munitions/Armaments (current and future)
3. Electronic Combat/Threats/Cyber
4. Spectrum Improvements/Relocation/Access

Additional information about the objectives of the contract is available in the Pre-Proposal conference slides.  

Original TETRAS Contract and Task Orders

The original TETRAS contract has generated more than 96 task orders worth up to $731 million to date. A handful of companies led by Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation have dominated the vehicle.

TETRAS has generated several $50+ million tasks including Autonomous and Automated Weapon System Design (A2WSD), Mid-Pressure Arc Heater (MPAH) Power Supply, Cyber Threat Acquisition for Test & Evaluation (C-TATE), RNRE Prototype & Development II, Threat Systems Management Office Operational Test & Evaluation, and Program Executive Office Aviation (PEO AVN) Experiment, many of which will remain ongoing for several more years.

TETRAS I Award Market Share

HigherGov Analysis.  See more analysis of the TETRAS IDIQ here.  Dollar figures are based on amounts obligated to date, the total potential value of contracts is greater. 

TETRAS II Awardees

A complete list of the TETRAS II awardees is provided in the table below:

Additional details on TETRAS II will be available in HigherGov in 90 days once full award details are formally disclosed.  

Justin Siken

Founder

Justin is the founder of HigherGov and specializes in government contracting and grant strategy, data, and market intelligence.

Contact: