Opportunity
SAM #F4FBQQ6079A001
Sole Source AdaCore Software Licenses and Support for AFRL UAV Software Verification
Buyer
Air Force Research Laboratory
Posted
April 14, 2026
Respond By
April 21, 2026
Identifier
F4FBQQ6079A001
NAICS
511210, 513210, 541512
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is seeking a sole source procurement of AdaCore Technology software licenses and support for formal verification and development of autonomy-related software for unmanned aerial vehicles. - Sole source procurement from AdaCore Technology - Products required: GNAT Pro Enterprise, GNAT Dynamic Analysis Suite (DAS), and SPARK Pro - Used for formal verification and development of safety-critical, autonomy-related software - Supports compliance with standards such as DO-178C - One-year license and support period: May 31, 2026 – May 30, 2027 - Funded by FY26 3600 funds - AdaCore is the only provider of this integrated Ada/SPARK toolchain - Place of performance: Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio - Contracting and government offices involved: AFRL/PZLET and AFRL/RQQA
Description
The Government has a requirement for a Sole Source purchase from AdaCore Technology, Software license and support for one calendar year of GNAT Pro, GNAT DAS and SPARK Pro, a code verification software specific to one manufacturer.
The need for rigorously or formally verified complex autonomy software has been emphasized in a number of strategic planning documents produced by the USAF and DoD, including "Technology Horizons," "Autonomous Horizons: The Way Forward," and the "DoD Digital Engineering Strategy." AFRL/RQQA performs R&D of autonomy-related software for unmanned aerial vehicles. To meet the needs of the USAF, we need tools to formally verify this software.
AdaCore is the sole source of GNAT Pro Enterprise, GNAT Dynamic Analysis Suite (DAS), and SPARK Pro. GNAT Pro Enterprise is a complete development environment for producing critical software systems built in Ada/SPARK, C, and C++ and enables use of SPARK Pro. GNAT DAS is a comprehensive testing solution for software that integrates automated unit testing, fuzzing, and code coverage. SPARK Pro is a collection of tools that perform formal verification of code written in the SPARK subset of Ada.