The Army has awarded Boston-based ASI a five-year contract worth up to $99 million to expand its AI forecasting software across the service’s command and control efforts. The contract is an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract, which means the figure is a ceiling rather than a guaranteed payment.
The Army picked ASI after what the company describes as a competitive solicitation. The release doesn’t name the other bidders or say how many firms competed. The award builds on ASI’s prototyping work with the Army’s Next Generation Command and Control effort, and the contract lets units across the service order the software as they need it.
The first task order covers fires deconfliction at the corps level. Fires deconfliction is the work of coordinating artillery and other fire support so that different units don’t target the same area or hit each other’s positions. According to ASI, its software pulls several data sources into one predictive system and cuts workflows that used to take minutes down to seconds. That’s a specific claim, and the release doesn’t include test results, a comparison baseline or an Army statement confirming the timing.
ASI’s federal president, Mark Lepczyk, framed the award around the volume of information reaching commanders:
“America’s warfighters are operating in environments where the volume and complexity of information are growing exponentially, but more data alone does not lead to better decisions,” said Mark Lepczyk, President of ASI Federal. “We’ve been building alongside the Army to turn that complexity into operational advantage, using live, forward-looking simulation to help Soldiers understand what is happening now, anticipate what comes next, and act faster. This contract allows us to take what we’ve proven with the Army and scale that capability across the force.”
The company also points to two recent federal awards. The Federal Aviation Administration selected ASI for a 12-year contract valued at $875 million to modernize the country’s air traffic management, and the Department of War’s Innovation Unit chose ASI for its Open Mission Engine initiative. The release presents all three as evidence of growth across aviation, energy and defense. ASI’s own materials list the FAA, Delta Air Lines, United Airlines, National Grid and the Department of War as customers, and the company says its investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Spark Capital and Bloomberg Beta.