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Definitive contract FA862016C3003GENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

Overview

Award facts

Outlays (paid to date)
$2.10M
$2,102,454
Period of performance
Mar 18, 2016 to Sep 30, 2020
Ended
Modifications
50
Latest action May 29, 2025
Contract type
Definitive contract
PIID FA862016C3003

Contract value is the most the government could spend; obligations are what it has legally committed; outlays are what it has actually paid.

Description of requirement

MQ-9 TECHNOLOGY MATURATION EFFORT

Dates and value

Award date
Signed on Mar 18, 2016
Potential end of performance
Sep 29, 2020
Current value
$66,800,310Base and exercised options
Potential value (if all options are exercised)
$66,800,310

The Department of Defense funded and awarded this contract. DoD contract actions are withheld at the source for about 90 days after signature, so actions signed after Aug 8, 2026 are not yet public.

Source: Federal Procurement Data System contract actions as published by SAM.gov and USAspending.gov; latest action recorded May 29, 2025. View on USAspending · Recipient on SAM.gov

Recipient

NameGENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.
LocationPOWAY, CA
UEIZH4NVFG3Z526
CAGE code0YJB5
Business sizeOther than small businessSize at award, per the contracting officer
Organization typeCorporate not tax exempt
Parent companyGENERAL ATOMICS AERONAUTICAL SYSTEMS, INC.

Business types and certifications

For-profit organizationCorporation (not tax-exempt)Manufacturer of goods

Self-reported at the time of the action.

Agency and place

Awarding and funding

Awarded by
  1. Department of Defense
  2. Department Of The Air Force
  3. FA8689 AFLCMC WIIK UAS
Funded by
  1. Department of Defense
  2. Department Of The Air Force
  3. F4FDAC AFLCMC MAUS DIVISION WII
Funded from
Field is optional prior to fy21Program activities057-3010, 057-3600Federal accounts (agency financial reports)

Place of performance

Place of performance
Poway, San Diego County, California 92064-7103
Congressional district (place of performance)
CA-48As reported at the time of the action

Classification and competition

Classification

NAICS
336411AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING
Product or service (PSC)
1550UNMANNED AIRCRAFT (product)

Competition

Extent competed
Not competedC
Reason not competed
Follow-on contract (FAR 6.302-1(A)(2)(II/III))FOC
Solicitation procedures
Only one sourceSSS
Set-aside
No set-aside used
Contract pricing
Cost plus fixed feeU
Offers received
1

Contract details

Subcontracting plan
Individual subcontract planF
Cost Accounting Standards clause
Not applicable exempt from CASX
Certified cost or pricing data
Yes
Commercial procedures
Commercial products/services procedures not usedD
Government-furnished property
Transaction uses GFE/GFPY
Bundled requirement
Not a bundled requirementD
Consolidated requirement
No
Undefinitized action (terms not final)
No
Multi-year contract
No

Transaction history

Modification history

Base award
Mar 18, 2016Base obligation at award: $16,989,914
Latest action
May 29, 2025 — Other administrative actionModification P00043; administrative: no change in scope or value
Latest substantive action
Aug 23, 2022 — Supplemental agreement (within scope)Modification A00002; obligation change -$3,118,050
Latest funding action
Sep 9, 2020 — Funding onlyModification P00041; obligation change +$1,058,165; funding only: changes obligations, not scope
Actions by type
  • Base award2
  • Supplemental agreement (within scope)22
  • Other administrative action15
  • Funding only12
  • Option exercised1
52 actions recorded, Mar 18, 2016 to May 29, 2025; each action counted once.

All contract data

All contract data

Every other field reported for this award, as of its latest reported action

Competition

Evaluation preference
No preference used
Local area set-aside
No
Simplified procedures for commercial items
No
A-76 (FAIR Act) action
No

Pricing and financing

Paid by purchase card
No

Socio-economic and policy

Recovered materials and sustainability
No clauses included and no sustainability includedC
EPA-designated product
Not requiredE
Clinger-Cohen Act planning (IT)
No

Place and origin

Domestic or foreign entity
U.S. owned businessA
Country of product or service origin
United statesUSA
Place of manufacture
Mfg in U.S.D
Sea transportation
UnknownU

Structure

Award or IDV
Award
Award type
Definitive contractD
IT commercial item category
Not IT products or servicesZ
DoD claimant program
Airframes and sparesA1A
Awarding agency code
9700
Awarding sub-tier code
5700
Contracting office code
FA8689
Transactions recorded under this award key
52

Funding

Funding agency code
9700
Funding sub-tier code
5700
Funding office code
F4FDAC
Treasury accounts
  • 057-2015/2017-3010-000
  • 057-2016/2017-3600-000
  • 057-2016/2018-3010-000
  • 057-2017/2018-3600-000
  • 057-2017/2019-3010-000
  • 057-2018/2019-3600-000
Show all 7 accounts
  • 057-2019/2020-3600-000
Object classes
  • 31.0: Equipment
Disaster or emergency funding (DEFC)
  • Q: Not Designated Nonemergency/Emergency/Disaster/Wildfire Suppression