Overview
- Joint Interagency Task Force 401 has awarded an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a $500 million ceiling to AeroVironment to expand counter‑UAS capabilities for homeland and installation protection.
- The first task order under the IDIQ is worth $80.5 million and selects AeroVironment’s Titan‑MS multisensor fusion system for detect, track and defeat roles.
- A Pentagon contract notice sets an estimated completion date for the IDIQ of June 29, 2029, allowing multiple follow-on task orders to be issued through that period.
- AeroVironment says its AV_Halo integration layer and Titan‑MS use AI and machine‑learning to fuse sensors and work with third‑party command systems, though those performance claims will be validated during fielding.
- Officials say the award is designed to enable faster, layered fixed and mobile defenses for bases and critical infrastructure and could speed operational deployments as JIATF‑401 issues more task orders.