BEST-MAC (Bridge to Evolutionary STE TESS Multiple Award Contract)
US Army multiple-award IDIQ vehicle supporting Tactical Engagement Simulation Systems (TESS), on which SKIFTECH is one of 10 eligible vendors — the first Ukrainian miltech company to win a US Army contract vehicle position.
BEST-MAC is a multiple-award IDIQ-style contract vehicle supporting the US Army's fielded Tactical Engagement Simulation Systems (TESS), the laser-based force-on-force training line succeeding MILES/I-MILES. SKIFTECH is one of 10 awardees (alongside Athena Technologies, Cole Engineering Services, Cubic Defense, General Dynamics Mission Systems, Lockheed Martin, Mettle Ops, Ravenswood Solutions, Saab, and Vertex Aerospace/V2X) eligible to compete for individual task orders; funding is appropriated only upon winning a specific task order. The $921.1M figure is the combined ceiling across all 10 awardees, not a value awarded to SKIFTECH specifically — no individual company's share has been disclosed.
Award detail
- Agency
- US Army
- Award ID
- Ceiling value
- $921.1M ceiling (shared across 10 awardees; SKIFTECH's individual share undisclosed)
- Vehicle
- Multiple-award IDIQ
- Awarded
- 2025-03-07
- Period of performance ends
- 2035-03-05
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Frequently asked
- What is the BEST-MAC (Bridge to Evolutionary STE TESS Multiple Award Contract) contract?
- BEST-MAC is a multiple-award IDIQ-style contract vehicle supporting the US Army's fielded Tactical Engagement Simulation Systems (TESS), the laser-based force-on-force training line succeeding MILES/I-MILES. SKIFTECH is one of 10 awardees (alongside Athena Technologies, Cole Engineering Services, Cubic Defense, General Dynamics Mission Systems, Lockheed Martin, Mettle Ops, Ravenswood Solutions, Saab, and Vertex Aerospace/V2X) eligible to compete for individual task orders; funding is appropriated only upon winning a specific task order. The $921.1M figure is the combined ceiling across all 10 awardees, not a value awarded to SKIFTECH specifically — no individual company's share has been disclosed.
- Which agency awarded the BEST-MAC (Bridge to Evolutionary STE TESS Multiple Award Contract) contract?
- The BEST-MAC (Bridge to Evolutionary STE TESS Multiple Award Contract) contract was awarded by US Army under a Multiple-award IDIQ vehicle.
- How much is the BEST-MAC (Bridge to Evolutionary STE TESS Multiple Award Contract) contract worth?
- The BEST-MAC (Bridge to Evolutionary STE TESS Multiple Award Contract) contract has a value of $921.1M ceiling (shared across 10 awardees; SKIFTECH's individual share undisclosed), awarded on 2025-03-07.
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SKIFTECH becomes the first Ukrainian miltech company to win a position on the US Army's BEST-MAC contract vehicle, a 10-year, $921.1M-ceiling multiple-award IDIQ supporting TESS training systems, shared among 10 awardees
Washington Technology: Army wraps up awards for $921M training tech support contractVerified2025-03-07 - 2
SKIFTECH is preparing technical solutions and documentation to bid on specific BEST-MAC task orders; no task-order dollars confirmed yet as of reporting
Vector Media: From Laser Tag in Kharkiv to $900M U.S. Army Contracts: how miltech startup SKIFTECH trains soldiersVerified2026-06-01