WASHINGTON — The Army’s recent announcement to award Anduril a 10 year, $20 billion ceiling contract raised some eyebrows, and not just for its shocking price tag, but also because of the way the contract was laid out.
The award, which was a firm-fixed-price contract to “consolidate current and future commercial solutions,” is the latest example of an enterprise licensing agreement — a fairly unusual, more flexible arrangement that an expert and two former officials said can be a sound approach that helps speed services to the force. But it could also come with risks to innovation and potentially less stability even for the winners themselves.
The service has awarded 14 such contracts, consolidating 118 separate contracts over the last eight months, resulting…
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