$490M Contract to Drive U.S. Air Force Drone and Counter-Drone Innovations

Trust Automation Inc., San Luis Obispo, California, was awarded a maximum $490,000,000 ordering amount cost-plus-fixed-fee, completion, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for software, hardware, and reports. This contract provides for rapid research, development, prototyping, demonstration, evaluation, production, and transition of unmanned aircraft system and counter-unmanned aircraft systems capabilities. Work will be performed at San Luis Obispo, California, and is expected to be completed by Aug. 20, 2030. This contract was a sole source acquisition. Fiscal 2025 procurement funds in the amount of $20,315,558 are being obligated under the first task order at time of award. The Air Force Research Laboratory, Rome, New York, is the contracting activity (FA8750-25-D-B002).