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≈$5.3M DEFINITIVE CONTRACT W519TC26CA019

About $5.27M supporting enterprise programs of the DoD CDAO — with the former name AI Rapid Capabilities Cell noted in the description (Koniag Emerging Technologies)

Department of Defense ・2026-05-29 〜 2027-05-28

A contract for Artificial Intelligence Rapid Support (AIRS) backing enterprise programs under the Deputy to the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department of Defense. The description notes in parentheses that the organization was formerly called the AI Rapid Capabilities Cell. The awarding office is the Department of the Army.

Contract key facts

  • RecipientKONIAG EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES LLC
  • Contract value$5,267,245 (≈$5.3M)
  • Awarding agencyDepartment of Defense
  • Awarding sub-agencyDepartment of the Army
  • Award typeDEFINITIVE CONTRACT
  • Period of performance2026-05-29 〜 2027-05-28
  • Contract ID (PIID)W519TC26CA019

Contract scope (original)

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI) RAPID SUPPORT (AIRS) IN SUPPORT OF DEPUTY TO THE CHIEF DIGITAL ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE OFFICE (CDAO) ENTERPRISE PROGRAMS (FORMERLY AI RAPID CAPABILITIES CELL)

Key points

  • A contract for AI Rapid Support (AIRS) backing enterprise programs under the Deputy to the DoD Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer, awarded by the Department of the Army.
  • The description notes the organization was formerly the AI Rapid Capabilities Cell.
  • A renaming breaks tracking by name, and grouping public data by organizational name is fragile against it.
  • The records this site holds also include a CDAO effort awarded by the General Services Administration, so awarding routes are not fixed.
  • Across 222 records the median is about $3.11 million and the mean about $7.10 million, with 190 (86 percent) under $10 million.
  • Ordinary procurement takes time from defining the requirement to award, hence organisations with speed in their names.

1What it means for a former name to persist

Inside the description, a parenthetical preserves what the organization used to be called. When an organization is renamed, contract records are still searched by name. Without the former name written alongside, anyone tracking by the old label will not find it. Work that groups public data by name is fragile against this kind of renaming.

The records this site holds also include a CDAO effort awarded by the General Services Administration, so neither the organizations nor the awarding routes around AI are fixed.

2An organization with speed in its name

AI Rapid Capabilities Cell; AI Rapid Support. Both carry speed in the name. Ordinary procurement takes time, running through defining a requirement, publishing it, evaluating proposals and awarding. In a field that changes quickly, premises can shift within that time.

Standing up an organization that announces speed in its title, and separately awarding a contract to support it, indicates that the pace of existing procedure is recognized as a problem.

3More than eight in ten awards are under $10 million

Lining up the amounts across the 222 federal spending records this site holds as of 2026-08-31 gives a median of about $3.11 million, a mean of about $7.10 million and a maximum of about $120.58 million. Those under $10 million number 190, or 86 percent of the total. Coverage on this site often addresses large contracts, yet as a distribution the records are mostly small.

The roughly $5.27 million here sits near the median, and what a government actually spends on AI appears as a combination of a few large awards and many small ones.

4Why speed enters the name

An AI rapid capabilities office; AI rapid support. Both carry speed in the name. Set beside ordinary process, the reason appears.

Ordinary procurement processAn organisation with speed in its name
Define the requirement, publish, evaluate proposals, awardSets shortening that process as its purpose
Procedural correctness is assuredIn a fast-moving field the premises can shift meanwhile
It takes timeThe speed of existing process is recognised as a problem

The summary carries, in parentheses, the fact that the organisation once had a different name. Contract records are searched by name even after an organisation is renamed, so without the former name recorded, anyone following the old name will not find it. Binding public data by name is weak against this kind of renaming.

Why it matters

When tracking public data by organization or program name, a renaming becomes a break in the trail. Whether a former name survives in the record decides whether a tally stays continuous. Following government AI spending means watching both changes of name and changes of awarding route, or the same activity splits into separate figures.

FAQ

What is the CDAO?
The Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Officer of the Department of Defense. This contract supports enterprise programs under the Deputy to that officer.
Why is a former name written in?
The record gives no reason. Without the former name alongside, however, anyone tracking by the old label would find the record harder to locate.
Is about $5.27 million on the large side?
Across the 222 records this site holds as of 2026-08-31 the median is about $3.11 million and 86 percent fall under $10 million, so this sits near the median.

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