{"id":126206,"date":"2025-03-10T23:43:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T03:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/orangeslices.ai\/?p=126206"},"modified":"2025-03-11T02:45:56","modified_gmt":"2025-03-11T06:45:56","slug":"bigbear-ai-awarded-contract-to-modernize-critical-department-of-defense-force-management-platform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/orangeslices.ai\/bigbear-ai-awarded-contract-to-modernize-critical-department-of-defense-force-management-platform\/","title":{"rendered":"BigBear.ai Awarded Contract to Modernize Critical Department of Defense Force Management Platform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bigbear.ai\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BigBear.ai<\/a>\u00a0(NYSE: BBAI), a leading provider of AI-powered decision intelligence solutions for defense and national security, today announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded the company a 3.5-year, $13.2M sole source contract to support the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff\u2019s (CJCS) Directorate for Force Management (J-35). <a href=\"https:\/\/BigBear.ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BigBear.ai<\/a> will deliver and maintain the DoD Joint Staff J-35\u2019s ORION Decision Support Platform (DSP) which provides automated force management capabilities and data analytics to the DoD\u2019s Joint Planning and Execution Community (JPEC).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are honored to support the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff\u2019s Office,\u201d said Kevin McAleenan, CEO of <a href=\"https:\/\/BigBear.ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BigBear.ai<\/a>. \u201cWinning this contract demonstrates <a href=\"https:\/\/BigBear.ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BigBear.ai<\/a>\u2019s ability to deliver modern, AI-powered solutions that enable data-driven decision-making at the highest levels of defense leadership. ORION DSP plays a pivotal role in optimizing force structure, and we look forward to bringing our expertise in AI, data analytics, and software development to ensure mission success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Directorate for Force Management oversees the structure, policies, and resources for the United States Armed Forces to maintain optimal force readiness and integrate its global operations. As the DoD continues to navigate evolving threats and operational demands, <a href=\"https:\/\/BigBear.ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BigBear.ai<\/a>\u2019s modernization efforts will enhance ORION DSP\u2019s scalability, adaptability, and analytical capabilities to support force planning. The contract will combine <a href=\"https:\/\/BigBear.ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BigBear.ai<\/a>\u2019s deep subject matter expertise and advanced technical skills to continue development of the cutting-edge and mission-critical solution for DoD\u2019s JPEC.<\/p>\n<p>ORION DSP integrates data from each of the Armed Services, provides global visualization of forces in motion, and facilitates Course of Action (COA) development, refinement, and analysis to provide validated military advice to senior DoD decision makers. ORION DSP is used today to conduct strategic analysis of contingency, crisis, and major plans to inform operational, tactical, and strategic decision-making across the department. Additionally, ORION DSP has enabled analysis that previously took weeks or months to now be conducted in minutes and hours.<\/p>\n<p>This contract was awarded through the Tradewinds Marketplace, the DoD\u2019s premier platform for AI\/ML procurement, and marks <a href=\"https:\/\/BigBear.ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BigBear.ai<\/a>\u2019s second award through this contract vehicle following\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bigbear.ai\/newsroom\/bigbear-ai-wins-department-of-defense-contract-to-prototype-near-peer-adversary-geopolitical-risk-analysis-for-chief-digital-and-artificial-intelligence-office-cdao\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">VANE\u2019s awardable status<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To learn more about <a href=\"https:\/\/BigBear.ai\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">BigBear.ai<\/a>\u2019s force management initiatives, visit\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bigbear.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/big-bear-ai-orion.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/bigbear.ai\/big-bear-ai-orion\/<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bigbear.ai\/newsroom\/bigbear-ai-awarded-contract-to-modernize-critical-department-of-defense-force-management-platform\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See the news here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BigBear.ai\u00a0(NYSE: BBAI), a leading provider of AI-powered decision intelligence solutions for defense and national security, today announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded the company a 3.5-year, $13.2M sole source contract to support the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff\u2019s (CJCS) Directorate for Force Management (J-35). BigBear.ai will deliver and maintain [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1189,"featured_media":77050,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[235618,1478],"tags":[318008,850976,110685],"class_list":["post-126206","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-award","category-department-of-defense","tag-bigbear","tag-company-news","tag-department-of-defense-dod"],"acf":{"uuid":""},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/news-cdn.orangeslices.ai\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/22001857\/Untitled-design-79.png","publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2025-03-21 11:17:33","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category"},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangeslices.ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangeslices.ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangeslices.ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangeslices.ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1189"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangeslices.ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=126206"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/orangeslices.ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126206\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":126207,"href":"https:\/\/orangeslices.ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/126206\/revisions\/126207"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangeslices.ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/77050"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/orangeslices.ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=126206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangeslices.ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=126206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/orangeslices.ai\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=126206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}