Harris to Sustain Deep Space Surveillance System

Harris Corp., Colorado Springs, Colorado, has been awarded an $8,548,248 modification P00736 to previously awarded contract (FA19628-02-C-0010) for system sustainment of the Ground-based Electro Optical Deep Space Surveillance system, which provides space situational awareness data for tracking space objects. Contractor will provide sustainment services, which include weapon systems management and engineering, core sustainment for the field service teams, requirements development modeling and analysis, engineering support and technical orders support. Work will be performed at White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico; Maui, Diego Garcia; and Colorado Springs, Colorado, and is expected to be complete by April 14, 2018. Fiscal 2017 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $2,936,915 are being obligated at the time of award. The Space and Missile Systems Center, Peterson Air Force Base, Colorado, is the contracting activity.