UNMANNED SYSTEMS - Newsbud

1 UNMANNED SYSTEMS A&D GC received $9,077,608 to renovate the west wing of PM50 at Naval Base Ventura County into a maintenance training facility for the Triton UAS. The facility will provide training classrooms, high bay aircraft trainers, instructors work area, and administrative space. Archer Western Federal JV received $16,983,000 to build a UAS complex at Ft. Campbell. AAI Corp. received $126,262,568 to provide logistics and operational support to the Army and USMC for Shadow tactical UAS in Afghanistan. A portion includes FMS to Australia. AAI Corp. received $35,785,761 to retrofit the Shadow with Tactical Common Data Link Configuration. One bid was solicited, one bid received. AAI received $11,798,626 for six Shadows and auxiliary equipment. Aerovironment received $6,621,959 and $29,049,837 (non-competitive) for switchblade kamikaze drones, associated hardware and support.

2 AM Pierce & Associates; BAE SYSTEMS ; Booz Allen Hamilton; Coherent Technical Services; Engility Corp.; and Sierra Nevada Corp. received $243,105,875 for SYSTEMS engineering support to the NAWCAD, Aircraft Control SYSTEMS Division. Engineering includes JPALS, UNMANNED Combat Aerial SYSTEMS , UCLASS, Broad Area Maritime Surveillance, Ground Based Sense & Avoid (GBSAA) and Automated Aerial Refueling Support. Battelle Memorial Institute received $16,649,854 for Man Transportable Robotic system MK 2 battery boxes. Battlespace Flight Services received $13,740,356 for MQ-1 operation and maintenance services at Creech AFB and Whiteman AFB. Ace Engineering received $9,433,788 to build a Predator launch and recovery element at Ft. Huachuca. Boeing received $24,726,375 for 13 QF-16s, 12 pieces of support equipment, and integration engineering.

3 Boeing, General Atomics, Northrop Grumman, and Lockheed Martin each received $15,000,000 for preliminary design review assessments for the UCLASS Air Vehicle. The Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman contracts were not competitively procured pursuant to the FAR (a)(2). Bosh Global Services received a $60,000,000 for small UNMANNED aircraft SYSTEMS training, logistics, and technical management services. Engility received $12,490,000 for JPALS engineering and Navy UNMANNED Combat Aerial SYSTEMS programs. Services include: prototyping; test and evaluation; system analysis; and software development. General Atomics received $11,716,130 for logistics support for the Universal Ground Control system and Universal Ground Data Terminal. One bid was solicited, with one bid received.

4 General Atomics received $173,113,088 for Gray Eagle (MQ-1C) logistics in support of Block 1 program of record and quick reaction capability. General Atomics received $110,453,269 for logistic support to the Gray Eagle. One bid was solicited with one received. General Atomics received $110,261,703 for Gray Eagle support and sustainment in Afghanistan. General Atomics received $70,163,380 for Gray Eagle software development and depot repair. This contract was a non-competitive acquisition. General Atomics received $40,253,105 for full rate production of the Gray Eagle. One bid was solicited with one received. General Atomics received $30,481,905 for setting up a Gray Eagle Composite Maintenance system Trainer (CMST) at Ft. Huachuca. General Atomics received $11,423, for general work on the Gray Eagle SYSTEMS program.

5 General Atomics received $362,193,866 for Predator (MQ1) and Reaper (MQ9) logistic support. This may include: program management; technical manual work; software maintenance; inventory control; flight operations support; and repair and maintenance. This is a sole-source acquisition. CAE USA received $19,806,624 for MQ-1/9 aircrew training and courseware development training at Creech AFB, Holloman AFB, March AFB, Hancock Field, and other locations that may be required in the future in accordance with the performance work statement. General Atomics received $18,251,274 for MQ-1/MQ-9 organic depot activation at Hill AFB. URS Technical Services received $14,219,315 for supporting ACC s UNMANNED Aircraft system Operations Center, including the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper at Creech AFB, Ellsworth AFB, Holloman AFB and Whiteman AFB.

6 Eight percent ($1,137,545) supports FMS to the UK. General Atomics received $377,400,000 to produce 24 MQ-9 Block 5 aircraft, shipping containers, spares and support equipment. General Atomics also received $39,455,726 for the MQ-9 Technology Insertion Technical Solution. This modifies MQ-9 Block 5, GCS Block 30 and Block 50 as required to enable integration and testing of the Tech Insertion capability. General Atomics received $28,289,068 to manage the structural integrity of the MQ-9 fleet throughout its lifecycle. General Atomics received $26,222,034 to provide Extended Range capabilities for the Block 1 MQ-9 aircraft. General Atomics received $23,951,449 for SYSTEMS tasks, upgrades and service on the MQ-9 Hunter/Killer system Development & Demonstration (SDD) bridge effort.

7 HEW / Phelps received $20,620,000 to construct an MQ-9 Maintenance Hangar at Holloman AFB. General Atomics received $12,844,738 for MQ-9 stationary targeting improvements, specifically the development/delivery of improved Lynx synthetic aperture radar (SAR) on the MQ-9 to allow for a more streamlined approach to targeting and quicker decision making by the crew. Hydroid Inc. received $36,323,734 for UNMANNED underwater vehicles. This was non-competitive, per 10 2304(c)(1) as implemented by FAR Hydroid Inc. received $26,231,287 for engineering, repair and training for the Navy s MK18 UNMANNED underwater vehicles. This contract was not competitively procured. Metron received $7,287,619 for R&D of a large displacement UNMANNED undersea vehicle (LDUUV), including in-lab testing of autonomy and mission planning software with bench test hardware selected for deployment on the LDUUV.

8 Insitu Inc. received $300,000,000 for hardware, operations and maintenance on the ScanEagle, including replacement air vehicles, spare and consumable parts, and in-theatre field service reps to supplement NSW operators. This was non-competitive, per FAR Insitu received $11,780,189 for ScanEagle LRIP, associated testing and logistical support. Insitu received $15,652,494 for operational and maintenance services to the ScanEagle, including electro-optical and infrared imagery during land-based OEF operations and OCO [PDF]. Insitu received $7,921,386 for ScanEagle field service representatives. Insitu Inc. received $8,845,101 for one LRIP II RQ-21A Blackjack, including air vehicles, ground control stations, launch & recovery equipment, and air vehicle support equipment.

9 Insitu Inc. received $8,528,000 to address hardware obsolescence issues and align two previously delivered RQ-21A SYSTEMS to the current system configuration. iRobot received $30,000,000 for robotic SYSTEMS and spare parts. iRobot received $28,776,935 for MTRS [PDF p. 3] production SYSTEMS , repairs, spares, training, enhancements and approved accessories. iRobot received $14,424,220 for FirstLook robots, spare parts and accessories. One bid was solicited, with one bid received. J&S Construction received $11,491,270 for construction of a UAV maintenance complex at Ft. Hood, TX. Lockheed Martin received $6,692,667 for supporting two deployed KMAX Cargo UAS. Lockheed Martin received $6,897,684 for smart multi-functional displays. Lockheed Martin received $306,500,000 for persistent threat detection SYSTEMS (PTDS) and related technical support services and material.

10 This contract was non-competitive. Logos Technologies received $8,000,994 for field service representatives, operators, and analysts required to support Persistent Ground Surveillance SYSTEMS Kestrel SYSTEMS in Afghanistan (90 percent) and Fairfax, VA (10 percent). Logos Technologies received $7,154,836 for a field service representatives, operators, analysts, and trainers to support Kestrel SYSTEMS in Afghanistan (94 percent) and Fairfax, VA (6 percent). Logos Technologies received $8,000,994 for field service representatives, operators, and analysts supporting Kestrel SYSTEMS in Afghanistan. Logos Technologies received $9,286,625 for 19 donut hole kits to support Kestrel SYSTEMS (90 percent $8,357,963 of the work will be performed in Afghanistan). TCOM received $53,060,299 across four separate contracts for 22M aerostat parts and spares for the PGSS Kestrel program.