North Point Defense wins $24 M contract order from Air Force

ROME — North Point Defense, Inc. of Rome has been awarded a $24.3 million task order from the U.S. Air Force for Warfighter Integration Program information technology. This contract provides research and operational-systems development to identify, decode, and exploit signals from information technology and communications systems, according to a March 5 contract announcement from the U.S. Department of Defense. Under the pact, North Point will also conduct research and development, testing, and evaluation of new requirements and evolving technology. Additionally, the contract will focus on countering technical advancements in adversary signals and systems, automating existing manually intensive processes, exploiting new vulnerabilities, and contributing capability as part of an all-domain environment.  North Point will perform contract work in Rome and is expected to complete it by March 3, 2028. This pact was a competitive acquisition and one offer was received, per the contract announcement. Fiscal 2023 and 2024 research, development, test, and evaluation funds of $858,490 are being obligated at time of award. The Air Force Research Laboratory/RIKD-Information Warfare Contracting Branch in Rome is the contracting authority. North Point Defense says it provides critical capabilities to the national-intelligence community by developing communications-network access tools and advanced methods for communications-signal exploitation. The company’s areas of research and development include analog and digital multiplexing, signal conditioning, automated end-to-end processing from radio-frequency detection to intelligence end-product, network exploitation, parallel processing, and system miniaturization. North Point Defense is headquartered at 184 Brooks Road in Rome.