The US Air Force has picked Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman to carry its infant Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System Recapitalization programme forward, sidelining an unnamed fourth bidder.
The three contracts announced 7 August are worth $10 million to $11.5 million each for a one-year “pre-engineering and manufacturing development effort” aimed at maturing and testing competing designs ahead of a downselect in late 2017.
The air force had anticipated awarding “up to three” contracts, making the announcement an important step toward eventually replacing 16 large, radar-carrying Boeing 707-300s (E-8Cs) integrated by Northrop Grumman with the same or better ground-looking surveillance and battle management capability based on a smaller business jet.
Defense.gov Contracts for Friday, August 07, 2015
AIR FORCE
Lockheed Martin Corp., King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, has been awarded
an $11,495,833 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously
awarded General Services Administration Schedule (GS-23F-0150S) for
pre-engineering and manufacturing development efforts intended for the
Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System recapitalization program.
Contractor activities will help assess maturity of subsystem technology,
reduce weapon system integration risk, and lower life cycle cost by
virtue of design. Work will be performed at King of Prussia,
Pennsylvania, and is expected to be complete by July 31, 2016. This
award is the result of a competitive acquisition with four offers
received. Fiscal 2015 research and development funds in the amount of
$11,495,833 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life
Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, is the
contracting activity (FA8730-15-F0054).Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Aerospace Systems, Melbourne, Florida, has been awarded a $10,000,000 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously awarded General Services Administration Schedule (GS-23F-0058K) for pre-engineering and manufacturing development efforts intended for the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System recapitalization program. Contractor activities will help assess maturity of subsystem technology, reduce weapon system integration risk, and lower life cycle cost by virtue of design. Work will be performed at Melbourne, Florida, and is expected to be complete by July 31, 2016. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition with four offers received. Fiscal 2015 research and development funds in the amount of $10,000,000 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, is the contracting activity (FA8730-15-F0053).
Boeing Service Co., Richardson, Texas, has been awarded a $9,945,179 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously awarded General Services Administration Schedule (GS-23F-0183K) for pre-engineering and manufacturing development efforts intended for the Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System recapitalization program. Contractor activities will help assess maturity of subsystem technology, reduce weapon system integration risk, and lower life cycle cost by virtue of design. Work will be performed at Seattle, Washington, and is expected to be complete by July 31, 2016. This award is the result of a competitive acquisition with four offers received. Fiscal 2015 research and development funds in the amount of $9,945,179 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Hanscom Air Force Base, Massachusetts, is the contracting activity (FA8730-15-F0052)
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