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FA875024CB040: $9.7M definitive contract to International Business Machines Corporation
International Business Machines Corporation holds a definitive contract from Department of the Air Force with $9.7M obligated since Oct 2023, against a ceiling of $48.2M. Latest action Dec 17, 2025.
North pole hub - design, verify and validate an artificial intelligence (ai) and machine learning (ml) north pole platform technology that will be mounted on test boards
| PIID | FA875024CB040 |
|---|---|
| Type | definitive contract |
| Company | International Business Machines Corporation |
| Agency | Department of the Air Force |
| Contracting office | FA8750 AFRL RIK |
| Category | Research and development · Defense systems R&D |
| PSC | AC13 NATIONAL DEFENSE R&D SERVICES; DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE - MILITARY; EXPERIMENTAL DEVELOPMENT |
| NAICS | 541715 RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN THE PHYSICAL, ENGINEERING, AND LIFE SCIENCES (EXCEPT NANOTECHNOLOGY AND BIOTECHNOLOGY) |
| Obligated since Oct 2023 | $9.7M |
| Total obligated (lifetime) | $9.7M |
| Ceiling (base and all options) | $48.2M |
| Base date | May 30, 2024 |
| Latest action | Dec 17, 2025 |
| End date | Jul 28, 2027 |
| Actions since Oct 2023 | 6 |
| Pricing | Cost no fee |
| Competition | Full and open competition |
| Place of performance | CA |
| Source | USAspending.gov record |
| Reporting lag | DoD 90 days |
Source: USAspending.gov prime award data (FPDS), DoD and DHS contracts, orders and IDVs with any action since Oct 1, 2023. Obligated FY2024+ sums the obligations on those actions; total obligated is the award's lifetime figure. DoD contract actions publish on USAspending about 90 days after signing (DFARS PGI 204.6), so the latest DoD actions here trail the calendar by about 3 months. Place of performance shows the state only.
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