Under Salesforce’s recent $5.6 billion IDIQ contract with the U.S. Army and Department of War (DoW), the Department of the Air Force (DAF) — which includes the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force — has entered into a new $72 million Enterprise License Agreement (ELA) to accelerate digital transformation and mission readiness with Missionforce National Security.
The news: The new ELA, executed as a task order under the existing $5.6 billion IDIQ ceiling, will help the DAF evolve operations from fragmented point solutions to a unified, interoperable platform. Leveraging Missionforce National Security, the DAF will modernize personnel management, enhance situational awareness, and establish a scalable foundation for future AI deployments across the department.
The strategic advantage: “To maintain our competitive advantage, the Department of the Air Force must rapidly field modernized, secure, and interoperable data capabilities. Leveraging enterprise-wide contract vehicles accelerates our procurement timelines, optimizes resource allocation, and ensures our Airmen and Guardians are equipped with the agile technology necessary for today’s dynamic mission environments.” — Dr. Keith L. Hardiman, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Department of the Air Force
The bigger picture: By using the existing IDIQ vehicle, the DAF will also successfully map to DoW directives to consolidate contracts, reduce the number of contract actions, and achieve volume-based savings. This enterprise-first approach will allow the DAF to spend less time managing fragmented contracts and more time delivering mission outcomes.
The Salesforce perspective: “This new agreement will operationalize Missionforce across the Department of the Air Force. With a single interoperable platform, we are providing the digital foundation for an Agentic Enterprise and mission orchestration at scale. With this new ELA building on Salesforce’s $5.6 billion IDIQ with the DoW, the moment underscores one truth: The future belongs to those who can turn siloed data into decisive action. Together, we are proud to help ensure our Airmen and Guardians have the tools they need to move, adapt, and win at the speed of the mission.” — Kendall Collins, CEO, Missionforce & Government Cloud
The mission impact: The DAF can now connect its digital infrastructure to provide a single, comprehensive mission view — across personnel, recruiting, and logistics. Missionforce National Security will empower the U.S. Air Force and Space Force to:
- Accelerate decision velocity with enhanced situational awareness and complete visibility across operations. This will give the DAF the ability to make faster, more informed decisions and gain a decisive edge.
- Provide personalized support for warfighters from recruitment to deployment, benefits, and veteran transition to civilian life.
- Improve Airmen and Guardian readiness with streamlined personnel management and training, removing the administrative friction that keeps warfighters from the mission.
- Modernize logistics by transitioning operations to an automated enterprise solution that integrates disparate data streams into a single pane of glass for real-time visibility, acquisition management, and predictive resource forecasting.
- Drive DAF innovation with the best of private sector innovation, scaling cutting-edge capabilities on demand, rapidly innovating with low-code and no-code tools, and deploying new applications at the speed of the mission.
