Trident Systems, Inc. in Fairfax, VA received a $9.6 million Phase III Small Business Innovative Research indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract with provisions for the issuance of cost-plus-fixed-fee (term and completion) task/delivery orders. their mission? To evolve and apply an Enterprise Collaborative Engineering Environment (ECEE) for open architecture software. The contract will allow for the implementation of an ECEE that provides for the integration, interaction and configuration management of engineering and management tools and data sets used in DoD system acquisitions. The development of an ECEE will enable the collaboration and sharing of engineering information within a tool-neutral environment.
Work will be performed in Fairfax, Va., and is expected to be completed by May 2011. This Phase III (SBIR) is a follow-on to Phase I and Phase II contracts, and was not competitively procured by the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division, in Dahlgren, VA (N00178-06-D-3023).