U.S. Air Force Awards DCGS Contract

Aptima Inc., Woburn, Massachusetts, has been awarded a $12,425,604 cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-reimbursable Small Business Innovation Research Phase III contract for Air Force Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) weapon system trainer. Contractor will provide a virtual training environment providing simulated mission training to DCGS sites, covering geospatial intelligence full motion video, high altitude imagery, synthetic aperture radar imagery, electro optical imagery, and infrared imagery. The weapon system trainer will allow the Air Force to transition the DCGS intelligence analysts' crew and positional training from on-the-job training during "live missions" to simulated mission scenario training. Work will be performed at Langley Air Force Base, Virginia, and is expected to be complete by June 20, 2017. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2015 other procurement funds in the amount of $12,425,604 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, is the contracting activity (FA8730-16-C-0008).