SAN DIEGO - Digital Force Technologies (DFT) has received a $500 million base indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract from Joint Interagency Task Force 401 (JIATF-401) to provide counter-uncrewed aerial systems (C-UAS) and counter-small uncrewed aerial systems (C-sUAS) capabilities for the Department of Defense Domestic Shield initiative.
DFT is one of 10 companies receiving new multiple-award IDIQ contracts from JIATF-401 as the task force expands its C-UAS Marketplace. The awards are intended to give military organizations access to a range of sensors, effectors, and command-and-control technologies as counter-drone requirements evolve, rather than relying on a single vendor.
Under its award, DFT will provide C-UAS systems built around its SeraphimOS edge-based software architecture for force protection, base defense, and counter-UAS operations. DFT says the architecture fuses data from multiple sensors, autonomously assesses and classifies threats, and provides operators with actionable information in real time.
SeraphimOS is an open architecture designed to integrate sensors, effectors, platforms, and third-party systems. For C-UAS missions, DFT says the architecture supports functions ranging from detection, tracking, and identification through engagement with kinetic and non-kinetic effects. It is also designed to orchestrate uncrewed systems for coordinated sensing and autonomous operations in contested, disconnected, and degraded environments.
DFT has previously integrated third-party sensing and effect technologies with its Seraphim C-UAS architecture. The company announced in 2025 that Echodyne's MESA-based radars had been selected as primary radars across its Seraphim C-UAS family. In February 2026, DFT and Epirus also announced an effort to integrate DFT's Seraphim command-and-control and multimodal sensor-fusion software with Epirus' Leonidas high-power microwave system for non-kinetic counter-UAS operations.
JIATF-401's announcement did not identify specific DFT systems, quantities, or delivery orders associated with the award. The $500 million figure represents the IDIQ contract's base ceiling, not an amount already obligated for equipment deliveries.
The Domestic Shield initiative is intended to improve C-UAS protection for prioritized Department of Defense facilities and assets in the United States. JIATF-401 describes the broader effort as providing layered C-UAS capabilities to protect warfighters, installations, critical infrastructure, and other assets against evolving uncrewed-aircraft threats at home and abroad.
