USJFCOM Awards $1B in Contracts to Help Improve the Way America Fights

The U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) awarded 4 major defense contractors up to $1 billion in contracts to provide analysis, research and development, concept development and support. The new contracts replace a large contract that is scheduled to expire July 31/09. The winning firms will support USJFCOM’s Joint Concept Development and Experimentation Directorate (J9), which coordinates U.S. Department of Defense efforts to explore how the future military can successfully operate in complex, ever-changing and uncertain environments. J9 runs exercises, undertakes technology development, and works with the military to develop better “concepts of operations” and ways of doing things… Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems in Bethesda, MD (N00189-09-D-Z042) and General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems in Suffolk, VA (N00189-09-D-Z043) each were awarded a cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity multiple award contract (MAC) to provide on-site personnel to assist J-9 staff in their day-to-day joint concept development and experimentation work. For Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems, the base year amount of the contract is $25.6 million, with an estimated value if all options are exercised of $135.3 million. For General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, the base year amount is $23.3 million, with an estimated value if all options are exercised of $122.8 million. In addition, 3 project […]