The U.S. government is investing heavily in collaboration, both inside and outside the nation’s borders. As the country works to revitalize its own industrial base, it is working side-by-side with allies and other international partners to stay ahead of competitors in today’s complicated geopolitical landscape.
The Potomac Officers Club’s first-ever GovCon International Summit on Oct. 10 will bring together government and industry thought leaders to evaluate key issues facing the U.S. and its allies today. Visit the event page on the Potomac Officers Club website to learn more and register to attend the summit.
Numerous efforts to cultivate these relationships are currently underway, and contracts are a driving force behind collaboration. Keep reading for a look into a variety of contract opportunities with global implications.
Contract Opportunities
Military power is a major part of the U.S. approach to international affairs, and the Department of Defense is looking to integrate new partners into its operations and explore every facet of the modern geopolitical landscape. Below are three initiatives the DOD is asking your company to support.
Air Force Advanced Battle Management System BAA
Responses Due: Feb. 27, 2025
The Advanced Battle Management System is the U.S. Air Force’s portion of Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control, or CJADC2, a DOD-wide effort to strengthen communications capabilities across the joint force, its allies and other partners. This broad agency announcement serves as a vehicle for the USAF to build a portfolio of projects associated with the ABMS and wider CJADC2 effort. It includes six main areas of focus:
- Sensor integration
- Data
- Secure processing
- Connectivity
- Applications
- Effects integration
SDA Systems, Technologies and Emerging Capabilities BAA
Responses Due: Jan. 15, 2025
The Space Development Agency is looking to improve its Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture through this BAA, which asks businesses to submit executive summaries, invited proposal abstracts and invited proposals for new capabilities that could enhance future tranches of the constellation. The opportunity covers “novel architecture concepts, systems, technologies and capabilities” for the PWSA’s planned capability layers as well as any technologies that could address additional warfighting challenges. Its four target areas are:
- Efficient beyond line-of-sight data transport and warfighter communications
- Advanced/alternation position, navigation and timing
- Advanced target custody, warning, tracking and defeat
- Global battle management
DOD Strategic Trends Research Initiative BAA
Responses Due: August 2029
The Strategic Trends Research Initiative BAA is a DOD effort to better understand the state of weapons of mass destruction, or WMD, across the globe and associated challenges. This research project has a specific intent of supporting not just the U.S. but also its partners that could benefit from this knowledge. It includes these broad goals:
- Prevent, reduce and counter WMD and emerging threats
- Prevail against WMD-armed adversaries in crisis and conflict
The DOD will begin issuing awards in 2025, and the BAA will continue through fiscal year 2029.
How Can You Learn More?
The Potomac Officers Club’s GovCon International Summit on Oct. 10 will give you a space to connect with public and private sector leaders in the GovCon field. During the event, you will get to learn from a wide range of experts on international affairs through keynote speeches, panel discussions and periodic networking sessions.
Click here to register for the GovCon International Summit on the Potomac Officers Club website.
These interactive sessions will empower you to investigate notable global GovCon initiatives and identify areas in which you and your company can join the conversation. Click here for a crash course on relevant contracts and a glimpse into what the summit will bring.
