Parsons Secures $28M U.S. Air Force Task Order, Lifting GARDEM Awards to $218M
PSN•Parsons won a $28 million U.S. Air Force task order to provide field support for the AFRL’s GARDEM 2 program. It is Parsons’ fourth GARDEM award in 2026, bringing its total to $218 million, funding five years of training, integration, testing and maintenance of advanced software baselines.
1. Task Order Details
Parsons will deliver comprehensive field support under the U.S. Air Force’s GARDEM 2 program via a five-year, $28 million task order. Scope includes onsite training, system demonstrations, software enhancements, integration, testing, operational deployments and lifecycle maintenance of GARDEM 2 software baselines.
2. Program History and Scale
This award is Parsons’ fourth GARDEM contract in 2026, bringing total AFRL GARDEM awards to $218 million since the program launch in 2019. The contracts fund digital and data-centric capabilities that accelerate research, development, engineering and sustainment of advanced Air Force technologies.
3. Strategic Impact
Securing this task order reinforces Parsons’ position as a provider of mission-critical all-domain solutions for national security. The work leverages Parsons’ software engineering expertise to enable rapid maturation, evaluation and operational deployment of emerging technologies crucial to Air Force mission execution.
