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- Serco has received a potential $49 million IDIQ, including a $1.33 million initial delivery order
- The company will perform technical analytics and transition support at Eglin Air Force Base
- The Air Force has obligated $208,089 in fiscal 2026 R&D funding
The U.S. Air Force has awarded Serco a potential $49 million contract for technical analytics and transition support under the Small Business Innovation Research program.
What Is the Scope of the Serco Contract?
The Department of War said Friday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract includes a delivery order valued at $1.33 million. The Herndon, Virginia-based company will support SBIR efforts involving technologies intended for faster, more rigorous and scalable weapon systems acquisitions.
The contract calls for work to continue through Sept. 30, 2028, at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. The sole-source award includes $208,089 in fiscal 2026 research and development funds obligated by the Air Force. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Eglin is overseeing the contract.
How Is the Air Force Changing Weapons Acquisition?
The contract’s emphasis on faster weapon systems acquisition comes as the Department of the Air Force implements the Warfighting Acquisition System, which supports acquisition reforms introduced by Secretary of War and two-time Wash100 Award winner Pete Hegseth in November 2025. The service designated five program executive officers as its first portfolio acquisition executives, including the PAE for weapons.
What Other Developments Has Serco Announced?
The Eglin award follows several leadership and contract developments at Serco North America in recent months. Barbara Supplee, a 2026 Wash100 Award winner, was named CEO on Sept. 28, succeeding three-time Wash100 awardee Michael LaRouche.
Serco received a $199 million Navy contract in September to provide program management, technical engineering and integrated logistics support to the Deputy Portfolio Acquisition Executive Maritime for Modernization & Sustainment. In June, the company secured a seven-year, $109 million contract from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services to be the review contractor for the agency’s Comprehensive Error Rate Testing program.
