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Joint Precision Landing System to be Updated

September 21, 2012
George I. Seffers

 
Raytheon Company, Fullerton, Calif., is being awarded a $7,057,746 contract modification to update the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System to incorporate availability in Global Positioning System jamming environment into the Increment 1 design as identified by the threshold level system requirements document. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. 

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ViaSat to Deliver Voice Communications to Turkey

September 21, 2012
George I. Seffers

 
ViaSat, Carlsbad, Calif., is being awarded $15,819,052 for firm-fixed-price delivery order under a previously awarded contract for Multifunctional Information Distribution System-Low Volume Terminals (MIDS-LVTs). The MIDS-LVT provides secure, high-capacity, jam-resistant, digital data and voice communications capability for U.S. Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force and Army platforms. This delivery order combines purchases for the United States and the government of Turkey under the Foreign Military Sales Program. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity. 

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Egypt Procures Radio Repeater Systems

September 21, 2012
George I. Seffers

 
Exelis Incorporated, Van Nuys, Calif., is being awarded a potential $25 million firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the procurement of six radio frequency repeater systems for the government of Egypt’s SPS-48E land-based radar program and associated support for Egypt under the Foreign Military Sales Program. The requirement includes all associated support. Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Va., is the contracting activity. 

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TRADOC Intelligence Support Contract Worth $143 Million

September 20, 2012
George I. Seffers

The Mission Installation Contracting Command, Mission Contracting Office—Fort Eustis has awarded CGI Federal Incorporated, Fairfax, Va., a $143 million contract to support the core functions of the operational environment for the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC), Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence (G-2). The contract has a one-year base with two, one-year option periods. CGI will deliver a range of analytical and technical services across 12 broad task areas, including training operations management; support for information, surveillance and reconnaissance integration; and data analysis, and modeling. CGI’s work will support all TRADOC G2 major support organizations, Centers of Excellence, Army schools, and Army Combat Training Centers located across the United States.

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Honeywell to Support Micro Air Vehicle

September 20, 2012
George I. Seffers

Honeywell International, Albuquerque, N.M., is being awarded an $8,286,161 contract for post-production support services for the RQ-16B T-Hawk Block II Micro Air Vehicle. The RQ-16B is a rugged, field-repairable, single operator, vertical launched, unmanned air system that supports explosive ordnance disposal technicians and is currently used in theater to support Operation Enduring Freedom. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Indian Head Division, Indian Head, Md., is the contracting authority.

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Multi-Spectral Sensors for Force Protection Contract Awarded

September 20, 2012
George I. Seffers

Solid State Scientific Corp., Hollis, N.H., was awarded a $24 million firm-fixed-price contract for the services in support of multi-spectral sensors for force protection. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Natick, Mass., is the contracting activity.

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Two Firms Awarded Aviator $200 Million Night Vision Contract

September 20, 2012
George I. Seffers

L-3 Communications Corporation, Tempe, Ariz., and Exelis Incorporated, Roanoke, Virginia, were awarded a $200 million firm-fixed-price contract between two contractors. The award will provide for the procurement of Enhanced 3rd Generation Aviator’s Night Vision Imaging Systems. Work location will be determined with each task order, with an estimated completion date of Sept. 3, 2017. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity.

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Telephonics to Provide Identification Friend or Foe System

September 20, 2012
George I. Seffers

Telephonics Corporation, Farmingdale, N.Y., is being awarded a $60,082,968 firm-fixed-price contract award for the production of 19 UPX-40s to include hardware installation kits, installation support, manufacturing and sustainment support. The contracting activity is Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass.

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The Outlook for CBRN Defense

September 21, 2012
By Rita Boland

The U.S. Defense Department has some hard decisions to make regarding where and how to optimize future research to counter chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear (CBRN) weapons. A new report outlines the challenges that military officials must tackle with department and other partners, warning that the amorphous nature of threats limits the ability to identify or mitigate them all individually.

Logos to Provide Video Image Storage in Afghanistan

September 17, 2012
George I. Seffers

 
Logos Technologies Incorporated, Arlington, Virginia, is being awarded a $21,011,727 cost-plus-fixed-fee, firm-fixed-price order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement for a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) project, “Wide Area Video Image Storage Techniques.” This order provides three Kestrel Systems and integration support as well as field service representatives, operators, analysts, and trainers to support the Persistent Threat Detection System outside the continental United States deployed systems. The work will be performed in Afghanistan, Fairfax, Virginia, and Raleigh, North Carolina, and is expected to be completed in October 2013. The Naval Air Warfare Center, Lakehurst, New Jersey, is the contracting activity. 

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