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Number of Contractors to Work on Air Force’s ABMS Program Expected to Ramp Up

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Number of Contractors to Work on Air Force’s ABMS Program Expected to Ramp Up
Dr. Will Roper, assistant secretary of the Air Force for acquisition, technology and logistics gives his opening remarks at the Inaugural Air Force Pitch Day in Manhattan, New York, March 6, 2019. Air Force Pitch Day, happening March 6-7, 2019, is designed as a fast-track program to put companies on one-page contracts and same-day awards with the swipe of a government credit card. The opportunity affords small businesses access to the military market as well as non-dilutive capital—funding that does not require a company to share its ownership. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech Sgt. Anthony Nelson Jr.

With the Air Force’s Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS) program to demonstrate how to connect a variety of distributed systems in a joint all-domain network only just getting underway at the end of 2019, the service’s acquisition czar expects to get many companies contracted onto the program in the near future. The service has completed one technology sprint demonstration to date, with the second demo postponed due to the effects of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic. But thanks to a recent…

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