{"id":50692,"date":"2023-06-12T13:33:17","date_gmt":"2023-06-12T13:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/06\/12\/us-army-extends-contract-with-bigbearai-for-automated-info\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:45:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:45:51","slug":"us-army-extends-contract-with-bigbearai-for-automated-info","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/industry\/2023\/06\/12\/us-army-extends-contract-with-bigbearai-for-automated-info\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army extends contract with BigBear.ai for automated info"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Army extended its contract with artificial intelligence and analytics company BigBear.ai as it constructs the Global Force Information Management system, which will provide service leaders an automated and holistic view of manpower, equipment, training and overall readiness.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The six-month extension for GFIM, as it\u2019s known, is valued at $8.5 million. It builds upon a nine-month, $14.8 million deal<\/a> announced in late 2022 as well as prototype work the year prior.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The management system is meant to consolidate more than a dozen aging applications. It will also automate a raft of tasks that were once done manually, such as determining unit status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGFIM is a game-changing capability that holds immense importance for the U.S. Army and has the potential to revolutionize processes by enabling data-driven decision-making, automation of critical functions, and real-time visibility,\u201d Ryan Legge, BigBear.ai\u2019s president of integrated defense solutions<\/a>, said in a statement June 12.<\/p>\n\n\n\t