AI for command and control appears once a year - AIC2 (BAE Systems, about $1.76 million)
A U.S. Air Force contract to BAE Systems obligating about $1,764,695. The description denotes Artificial Intelligence Command and Control (AIC2).
Contract key facts
- RecipientBAE SYSTEMS INFORMATION AND ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS INTEGRATION INC.
- Contract value$1,764,695 (≈$1.8M)
- Awarding agencyDepartment of Defense
- Awarding sub-agencyDepartment of the Air Force
- Award typeDEFINITIVE CONTRACT
- Period of performance2024-09-05 〜 2027-11-05
- Contract ID (PIID)FA875024CB117
Contract scope (original)
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE COMMAND AND CONTROL (AIC2)
Key points
- Command and control gathers information, reads the situation, organises options, judges and distributes instruction.
- The motive for AI lies in narrowing what people look at and speeding the assembly of options, not in handing over judgement.
- Of the 222 records this site holds as of 2026-09-02, three touch command and control, one per year from 2024 to 2026.
- All three went to different firms, with amounts clustering around $2 million.
- The same legal entity is spelled differently across records - AND versus the ampersand, with or without a trailing period.
- Aggregating on the recipient name splits one firm across rows, so company-level consolidation is required.
1What command and control does
Command and control gathers information, reads the situation, organises options, judges and distributes instruction. As the volume of information grows and the time allowed for judgement shortens, running it with people alone becomes harder. The motive for bringing in AI lies less in handing over the judgement than in narrowing what people should look at and speeding the assembly of options.
2One a year, each to a different firm
| Year | Recipient and amount |
|---|---|
| 2024 | BAE Systems (this contract), about $1,764,695 |
| 2025 | Black River Systems, about $2,111,663 |
| 2026 | Cohere Solutions, about $1,799,804 |
Among the records this site holds as of 2026-09-02, three touch command and control, one per year from 2024 to 2026, each to a different firm. The amounts cluster around $2 million. Issuing the same subject to a different party each year reads as trying several lines rather than consolidating on one, though the record gives no reason.
3The same firm appears in two spellings
The same legal entity is spelled differently across records. Aggregating amounts keyed on the recipient name splits one firm across several rows. This site resolves that through CompanyRegistry, aligning not only display but the key used for aggregation to the company. For anyone working with public data, the practical point is that a company-name string is not reliable as an identifier.
Why it matters
Aggregating awards by company from public data splits one firm across rows if the name string is used as the key. Without consolidation through an entity identifier such as UEI or a curated registry, both concentration and company totals come out understated. Where a subject like command and control goes to a different party each year, consolidation is also what makes the turnover of recipients legible.
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Sources (primary)
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- USAspending (award details)
- Contract ID (PIID)：FA875024CB117