SAIC has won a $1.4 billion task order for the Collaborative Operations for Battlespace Resilient Architecture program, known as COBRA, in support of the Defense Department.
COBRA will use SAIC’s command and control expertise and commercial technology to rapidly develop and deliver multi-domain warfighting tools that integrate with new and existing platforms. The 5-year task order is expected to begin in late 2025.
The program gives military commands flexibility to modernize systems across the Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control ecosystem. Commands such as Indo-Pacific Command can use COBRA to field new technology for mission needs, accelerate system development and bring new capabilities into exercises for evaluation and improvement.
“COBRA highlights the urgent need to deliver integrated, all-domain capabilities to our warfighters,” said Vincent DiFronzo, executive vice president of Air Force and Combatant Commands Business Group. “SAIC will use our proven experience, speed, and flexibility to fast-track warfighting technologies from concept to combat. With rigorous execution, we will rapidly deliver next-gen capabilities that accelerate decision superiority, strengthen readiness and enhance lethality.”
Fueled by SAIC’s mission integration and commitment to open plug-and-play solutions that avoid vendor lock, COBRA will help military commands respond faster to urgent and emerging operational needs. SAIC will securely integrate all-domain data across sea, land, air, space and cyber to improve global combat effects.
The work includes digital engineering and new system development for Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control, modeling and simulation, rapid prototyping and Quick-Reaction Capabilities, testing, evaluation, user concepts of operations, data analytics, modernization in unmanned systems and cybersecurity and other mission priorities.
“This $1.4 billion COBRA award demonstrates the importance of technology-enabled decision superiority and mission outcomes for our customers,” said SAIC Chief Technology Officer Bob Ritchie. “SAIC is proud to be a trusted mission integration partner of America’s warfighters innovating at the speed of mission need, now and in the future.”