Omni Federal Wins $9.5 Million Air Force Contract for Space Delta 89 Tool

The Gainesville, Virginia, digital transformation firm will build a front office tool to automate workflows for Space Systems Command, with work due by July 31, 2029.

First Published: July 31, 2026, 1:22 PM ET

GAINESVILLE, VIRGINIA — Omni Federal LLC won a $9.5 million Air Force contract to build a software tool that automates workflows for a Space Force unit in Los Angeles.

The firm-fixed-price award totals $9.5 million and covers development of a front office tool for System Delta 89, according to war.gov. Fiscal 2025 research, development, test and evaluation funds of $3.5 million were obligated at the time of award, with work due by July 31, 2029.

The contract provides a solution designed to automate processes, streamline workflows, and enhance overall operational efficiency, the Air Force said in the announcement, as announced on war.gov.

Omni Federal LLC, a Gainesville, Virginia, digital transformation company registered as OMNI FED LLC, has received over $432.3 million in federal contracts since it was founded in March 2017, according to govtribe.com. The Department of the Air Force accounts for about 67% of its awards, and its primary work falls under custom computer programming services, according to govtribe.com. The company is a minority-owned small business specializing in digital transformation for federal agencies, according to omnifederal.com.

The Space Combat Power Directorate, Space Systems Command, Los Angeles Air Force Base, California, is the contracting activity, according to war.gov. The award leveraged a Small Business Innovation Research Phase III Basic Ordering Agreement, a mechanism that lets agencies buy directly from companies that developed technology under earlier research phases.

Small businesses gain the most from such awards, which channel defense dollars to firms outside the largest prime contractors. Space Systems Command benefits from faster internal processes, while rival software vendors lose a competed opportunity because the Phase III path bypasses open bidding.

This contract marks the third award to Omni Federal LLC in 2026, lifting the company’s total contract value for the year to $86.6 million. It is the 150th Department of Defense contract awarded in Virginia during 2026. The award is not the largest ever granted to the company, whose record stands at $67.1 million. Within the 2026 Air Force portfolio, it falls between a year-to-date minimum of $17 and a maximum of $5.6 billion.

For the average U.S. reader, the tool would not touch daily routines directly. It aims to reduce administrative time inside a Space Force unit, freeing personnel for mission work and reflecting a broader Pentagon push to modernize back-office software.

Small businesses have converted research contracts into steady defense work before.Omni Federal LLC has drawn recurring Air Force awards for years, with annual contract obligations climbing from $1.9 million in 2019 to $88.9 million in 2025, according to govtribe.com. The pattern shows a firm scaling through repeat federal orders rather than one-time wins.

Space Systems Command will oversee delivery and performance of the tool through the completion date of July 31, 2029. No date has been announced for any follow-on award tied to the effort.

Military buyers have long turned to small technology firms to modernize operations, as happened during earlier defense software pushes. The Small Business Innovation Research program, created by Congress in 1982, has funneled billions to startups and small companies for research the Pentagon later fielded, according to omnifederal.com. Firms that reached its Phase III stage, as Omni Federal LLC did here, moved from experimental grants to production contracts, a path that turned many small vendors into durable government suppliers.

This contract represents the 3rd contract awarded to Omni Federal LLC, in 2026, bringing the company’s total contract value for the year to $86,550,985. It is also the 150th Department of Defense contract awarded in Virginia during 2026. While this is not the largest contract ever awarded to Omni Federal LLC, whose record stands at $67,061,939, it is notable within the Air Force portfolio. Specifically, it falls between the 2026 Air Force portfolio’s year-to-date minimum of $17 and maximum of $5,600,000,000. Overall, this award was announced among 9 Department of Defense contracts issued nationwide on July 31, 2026.