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Redshred Awarded RO MAC IDIQ Contract Under $975M Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office Program

August 13, 2024

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BALTIMORE, MD - Redshred a leading innovator in AI-powered text analytics and document understanding technology is proud to announce its selection as a contractor under the Air Force Rapid Sustainment Office Multiple Award Contract (RO MAC) program.

This Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract is part of a broader $975 million initiative aimed at enhancing the Air Force's sustainment capabilities. Redshred's innovative approach to structuring unstructured content will provide valuable insights and efficiencies in managing complex technical documentation and data analysis tasks.

"Our team is excited to contribute our expertise in document understanding and information accessibility to this transformative program," said Jim Kukla, Co-Founder of Redshred. "Our innovative solutions will significantly enhance the Air Force's sustainment capabilities and support the development of multi-capable airmen."

Redshred's selection as a contractor underscores its expertise in key Technical Focus Areas (TFAs) critical to the Air Force's sustainment modernization efforts including:

  • Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
  • Data and Digital Environments
  • Rapid and Austere Maintenance 
  • Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality
  • Sustainment Modernization for Obsolescence

Under the contract, Redshred will leverage its Content Transformation Pipeline to:

  • Transform technical orders to support Maintenance Extract structured representations of procedures from legacy technical orders
  • Identify changes in technical data
  • Provide API-first solutions to support ongoing innovation

These capabilities directly support the Air Force's ability to:

  • Accelerate proficiency levels and on-demand cross-career field tasks
  • Ensure resilient and responsive operational logistics capabilities
  • Optimize sortie generation with secure, on-demand, mobile access to technical information

Additionally, Redshred's involvement in DARPA's Perceptually-enabled Task Guidance (PTG) program complements the RO MAC program. Redshred’s Cognitive Observant Assistant for Coaching and Helping (COACH) is an AI assistant for maintenance, supports on-the-job training for contested logistics that leverages and expands their on the RSO content transformation for knowledge transfer.

"By combining our Content Transformation Pipeline with COACH, we're not just digitizing information – we're leveraging real digital transformation to create an intelligent system that can guide and train personnel in real-time," added Jeehye Yun, Co-Founder at Redshred. "Our mission is to dramatically improve operational efficiency and readiness."

The integration of these technologies is expected to optimize maintainer performance, support higher operational tempos and multi-capable airmen strategies, and enhance process improvements and technology integrations across maintenance levels.

For more information about Redshred, please visit Redshred.com or contact:

Jeehye Yun
hello@redshred.com
443-681-9938

About Redshred:

Redshred is a leading innovator in making document-based content accessible for downstream integration and innovation through the creative use of AI and ML.