DRS Systems, Inc. in Parsippany, NJ has received a series of contracts for satellite-based internet-broadband service and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network in support of deployed military personnel. Later announcements make a clearer distinction between this service and military operations, characterizing it as a “satellite IP services to support morale, welfare and recreation and other non-global information grid operations and programs.”
Troops deployed to forward operating bases do need some level of phone and internet connectivity, and using an alternative to critical battlefield networks is just basic sense. M.C. Dean has also received some contracts along these lines. In DRS’ case, those contracts could expand to almost half a billion dollars from 2007-2011…
April 7/11: Finmeccanica subsidiary DRS Technologies, Inc. in Herndon, VA receives a $169 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract modification for satellite internet protocol services supported by Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic, European Office. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract, including this modification, to $497 million.
Work will be performed in Southwest Asia (95%) and Europe (5%), and is expected to be completed December 2011. The original contract was competitively procured, with proposals solicited via the Commerce Business Daily’s Federal Business Opportunities website, and the Space and Naval Warfare Systems e-Commerce Central website, with 4 offers received by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic in Charleston, SC (N65236-07-D-5120) .
May 17/10: Finmeccanica subsidiary DRS Technologies, Inc. in Herndon, VA receives a $78 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract modification. The cumulative value of this contract, including this modification, is now $328 million, indicating that all options were exercised on the 2007 contract.
Work will be performed in Southwest Asia (95%) and Europe (5%), and is expected to be complete by December 2011. The US Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic manages the contract (N65236-07-D-5120).
Aug 18/08: Finmeccanica subsidiary DRS Technical Services, Inc. in Herndon, VA receives a $15.8 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract for satellite communications equipment and training. This contract includes options which could bring the cumulative value to an estimated $47.2 million.
Work will be performed in Herndon, VA, and is expected to be complete by August 2011. This contract was competitively procured via the Federal Business Opportunities web site and the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command E-commerce website, with 7 offers received by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center in Charleston, SC (N65236-08-D-5152).
Aug 23/07: DRS Systems, Inc. in Parsippany, NJ wins a $50 million indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract for services in Iraq and the Balkans, as well as other non-Global Information Grid (GIG) operations in the European Command, Central Command, Pacific Command, and African Command Areas of Responsibility as well as the British Indian Ocean Trust Authority (Diego Garcia), and other unidentified locations per tasking received by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Europe office.
This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $250 million. Work will be performed in Iraq (approx. 75%) and in other OCONUS (Outside the CONtinental US) locations (approx. 25%), and is expected to be complete by August 2008 (August 2012 with all options). This contract was competitively procured, with unlimited proposals solicited and 4 offers received by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Charleston, SC (N65236-07-D-5120).