Accelerating the Mission: Bowhead Model-Based Systems Engineering Deemed Awardable Through DoW Tradewinds

SPRINGFIELD, VA – The Department of War’s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) deemed the UICGS / Bowhead Family of Companies’ cutting-edge Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) capability awardable under its Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace, providing federal customers a streamlined path to acquire a proven capability for complex digital engineering challenges.

Bowhead’s awardable solution demonstrates the application of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) to support complex digital engineering and modernization initiatives across the Department of War. Through a connected, data-centric approach, the capability improves collaboration, enhances decision-making, and provides greater visibility across the system lifecycle to help customers reduce technical risk and accelerate mission outcomes.

The Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace is a digital environment of post-competition video pitches assessed through competitive procedures that conform to competition requirements prescribed under U.S. law. Awardable innovative solutions focus on the delivery of state-of-the-art artificial intelligence / machine learning, digital, or data solutions where awardable organizations are deemed eligible to receive contract awards across the enterprise.

“Team Bowhead continues to demonstrate the depth of information technology and engineering expertise we bring to the Department of War,” said Rob Bierman, President of the Engineering & Program Management Business Line for the UICGS / Bowhead Family of Companies. “This awardable capability reflects our commitment to giving federal customers proven solutions that reduce risk, accelerate decisions, and deliver measurable mission outcomes. Our employees are the heart of that success.”

Bowhead’s awardable solution demonstrates how operationalized Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) can transform the complex DoW digital landscape from fragmented, document-centric processes into a connected, data-centric enterprise. This approach ensures that the DoW family of information technology systems pulls information from an authoritative data pool, critical for the support required to empower DoW service concepts such as Predictive Logistics and AI/ML integration.

“Our Bowhead engineers have successfully employed Model-Based Systems Engineering via the Cameo Systems Modeler,” said Harvey Davis, Bowhead’s Engineering & Program Management Director of Business Development. “As an awardable vendor on the Department of War’s CDAO Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace, we stand ready to bring these proven, compliant, and high-impact MBSE capabilities to your organization, empowering faster, more informed decisions, and delivering measurable digital transformation results.”

For more information on how the UICGS / Bowhead Family of Companies can shorten your certification timelines with MBSE, please contact [email protected].

Government customers can also view Bowhead’s video on Tradewinds at tradewindAI.com.

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About Bowhead

UIC Government Services and its Bowhead Family of Companies serves as the federal contracting division of Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation, an Alaska Native Corporation.

Headquartered in Springfield, Virginia, and with 22 operating locations that support more than 300 work sites across the U.S., Bowhead offers services and production through its Systems & Information Technology, Logistics & Marine, Engineering & Program Management, Manufacturing & Products, and Advanced Technology business lines. The company’s unique, flexible, and streamlined contracting processes offer Sole Source options and numerous contract vehicles for customers’ convenience.

For more information, visit www.bowhead.com.

About UICUIC is the Alaska Native Village Corporation of Utqiaġvik, Alaska, and provides social and economic resources to over 4,000 Iñupiat shareholders and their descendants. Since its establishment, UIC has diversified its investments and consistently ranks among the top Alaskan-owned companies. UIC employs more than 4,400 people and provides services to clients in a variety of industries, including operations in Utqiaġvik, construction, architecture and engineering, regulatory consulting, information technology, marine operations, logistics, and maintenance and manufacturing. More information about UIC and its family of companies can be found at uicalaska.com.