HUNTSVILLE, AL – September 2026 – Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation (INTUITIVE®) has been awarded a prime position on the Defense Intelligence Agency’s (DIA) Contract Operations for Missile Evaluation and Testing (COMET) multiple-award Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract supporting the Missile & Space Intelligence Center (MSIC) and its mission partners.
With an estimated ceiling of more than $14 billion, COMET provides a flexible contracting vehicle to address evolving intelligence and technical requirements across air, ground, space, and near-space domains. The contract spans mission areas including technical intelligence analysis, foreign materiel exploitation, modeling and simulation, information technology operations, and the research, development, integration, and sustainment of mission-critical capabilities.
For INTUITIVE, the award creates new opportunities to bring together advanced technologies, engineering expertise, and integrated solutions to help customers understand complex threats and turn critical information into mission-ready decisions.
“Today’s national security challenges demand the ability to understand increasingly complex threats and respond with speed and precision,” said Vergenia Shelton, President and CEO of INTUITIVE. “COMET gives us an opportunity to bring the full strength of our people, technologies, and engineering expertise to an important intelligence mission. We are proud to stand alongside MSIC and its mission partners as they work to anticipate emerging threats and protect the Warfighter.”
INTUITIVE brings together a strong team of proven experts and solution providers with complementary capabilities across the mission. Together, the team excels in digital engineering, modeling and simulation, artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML), systems engineering and integration, software development, and test and evaluation. These capabilities position INTUITIVE and our partners to deliver integrated solutions that adapt to MSIC’s evolving mission requirements.
“COMET represents an important opportunity to expand how we bring INTUITIVE’s capabilities to some of our nation’s most complex mission challenges,” said Cortney Hardiman, Vice President of Strategic Growth and Capture at INTUITIVE. “By aligning our technical expertise and strategic partnerships around the customer’s mission, we deliver meaningful value to MSIC and its mission partners while helping address advancing national security needs.”
The COMET award expands INTUITIVE’s ability to deliver integrated technical solutions across the defense and intelligence communities while advancing the company’s commitment to engineering capabilities that anticipate evolving mission requirements. As threats, technologies, and operational environments continue to change, INTUITIVE remains focused on helping customers move from complex challenges to informed decisions and mission-ready solutions.
About Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation:
INTUITIVE® is a professional engineering and systems integration firm delivering rapid, missionfocused solutions for defense, government, and commercial customers. We specialize in digital engineering and digital twins, systems integration, test and evaluation, rapid prototyping, and life cycle support while combining engineering precision, agile execution, and operational expertise to accelerate capability from concept through sustainment.