Exelis Awarded Deep Space Surveillance Contract Modification

Exelis Inc., Colorado Springs, Colorado, has been awarded a $21,958,021 modification (P00583) to previously awarded contract F19628-02-C-0010 for Ground-based Electro-optical Deep Space Surveillance (GEODSS) Service Life Extension Project (SLEP) Phase II. Contractor will provide system service and upgrade for the GEODSS weapons systems. Work will be performed at Socorro, New Mexico; Diego Garcia; and Maui, Hawaii, and is expected to be complete by Feb. 13, 2018. Fiscal year 2013 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $6,233,194 are being obligated at the time of award. Space and Missile Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, is the contracting activity.