DOD awards major AI prime integrator contract to Deloitte Consulting

摘要

The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded Deloitte Consulting a potential $106 million contract to serve as the prime integrator on the Defense Department's enterprise platform for artificial intelligence software, data and services. The Aug. 11 contract is worth up to $ 106 million over four years, according to the announcement from the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center, which is managing the Joint Common Foundation project. The base period of the contract lasts one year and is worth approximately $31 million, with three one-year option periods potentially lasting through August 2024. The Joint Common Foundation is intended to provide "an AI development environment to test, validate, and field AI capabilities at scale across the Department of Defense," according to Joint AI Center spokesman Lt. Cmdr. Arlo Abrahamson.