BigBear.ai Awarded $14.8 Million U.S. Army Global Force Information Management System Contract
September 29 2022 - 8:00AM
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BigBear.ai will transform 14 legacy systems
into a single intelligent automation platform providing real-time
insights to Army senior leadership and combatant commanders
BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI), a leader in AI-powered analytics and
cyber engineering solutions, today announced that the United States
Army has selected the Company as the sole source prime contractor
for implementing the Global Force Information Management (GFIM)
system in a 9-month contract valued at $14.8 million. The award
builds on BigBear.ai's previous work and successful delivery of the
prototype platform developed during Phase 1 of the GFIM
project.
Under the terms of the sole-source contract, Palantir
Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) will join the BigBear.ai team as a
leading partner in implementing an enterprise-wide intelligent
automation platform that provides the Army with a holistic view of
its global force structure. The system empowers senior leaders and
combatant commanders to man, equip, train, ready, and resource the
Army more effectively. The end-state solution will transition 14
legacy systems into a single solution to provide real-time holistic
data for up to 160,000 Army users, enabling risk-informed
decision-making capabilities to support training and mission
operations.
BigBear.ai and Palantir’s solution helps the Army address
Secretary of the Army Christine Wormuth’s objective to embrace
emerging technologies and become more data-centric. In a February
message to service members, Wormuth outlined how an integrated and
data-driven approach will empower the Army to “become a more
effective and efficient force” in the future.
"This contract supports the continuation of BigBear.ai's efforts
to deliver on the Secretary's goal of ensuring the Army embraces
new technologies to become a more data-centric fighting force,"
said Ryan Legge, President, Analytics at BigBear.ai. "With
BigBear.ai's artificial intelligence capabilities, the Army can
streamline processes and quickly make data-driven decisions on
force structure, balance and readiness while bringing new levels of
efficiency and confidence to every critical decision maker from
senior leadership to combatant commanders."
By replacing aging legacy systems, automating manual processes
for determining unit readiness, and generating and tracking
actionable mission data, GFIM's new integrated cloud platform will
significantly enhance the Army's Deploy to Redeploy and Retrograde
(D2RR) end-to-end business processes as a single-entry point for
force management activities.
“GFIM will radically transform and streamline the end-to-end
business processes the Army uses to develop a future force and
provide a current force,” said Lori Mongold, US Army GFIM Chief
Management Officer. “By merging historically distinct, major
processes into an automated standalone environment, we will
establish a critical foundation for integrating the Business and
Warfighting Mission Areas to drive our digital transformation
forward.”
"We are proud to partner with the US Army and BigBear.ai to
deliver a best-of-breed solution for GFIM,” said Bryant Choung,
SVP, Federal, Defense Technology at Palantir. “Providing this
critical combination of leading defense technology will drive a
competitive advantage for the Army as it modernizes the most
critical infrastructure supporting force planning and
readiness.”
About BigBear.ai
BigBear.ai delivers AI-powered analytics and cyber engineering
solutions to support mission-critical operations and
decision-making in complex, real-world environments. BigBear.ai's
customers, which include the U.S. Intelligence Community,
Department of Defense, the U.S. Federal Government, as well as
customers in manufacturing, healthcare, commercial space, and other
sectors, rely on BigBear.ai's solutions to see and shape their
world through reliable, predictive insights and goal-oriented
advice. Headquartered in Columbia, Maryland, BigBear.ai is a
global, public company traded on the NYSE under the symbol BBAI.
For more information, please visit: https://bigbear.ai/ and follow
BigBear.ai on Twitter: @BigBearai.
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