CBP Awards General Atomics $276 Million For Predator O&M Services
General Atomics has received a potential $275.9 million contract to provide operational and maintenance (O&M) services to Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) fleet of nine MQ-9 Predator B drones that the agency operates in support of border and maritime security missions. General Atomics’ Aeronautical Systems business began supplying the Predator unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) to CBP in Sept. 2006 for use by the agency’s Office of Air and Marine Operations. The MQ-9s operated by CBP and fly as long as 20 hours and are equipped with sensors that can detect moving targets on the ground and in the water. CBP originally acquired 10 MQ-9s but one of the maritime variants was lost at sea. The O&M contract has a one-year base period, four one-year options, and a six-month option.
Unisys Says (Again) Receives $250M TSA Award to Network Security Equipment
Unisys [UIS], which originally won a potential $250 million contract last November to network the Transportation Security Administration’s security equipment only to have the award delayed due to a protest by a losing bidder, says it has been cleared to begin work on the project. Under the $250 million Domain Awareness Integrated Network (DOMAIN) Support Services blanket purchase agreement, Unisys says it will employ its integrated package of Unisys Stealth software and application services to connect, protect and integrate TSA’s security screening equipment that is deployed at more than 400 U.S. airports. General Dynamics [GD], which was one of the losing bidders for DOMAIN, initially protested the award to the Government Accountability Office before withdrawing the protest and challenging the decision in federal court. The U.S. Court of Federal Claims in late March decided in favor of TSA, clearing the way for Unisys to receive the contract and begin work. The DOMAIN program is within TSA’s Security Technology Integrated Program, which had been done by GD. Unisys says that under the potential five-year contract it will connect and integrate data from up to 14,000 security equipment devices. “Our approach provides TSA with considerable cost savings and efficiencies while ensuring security across TSA’s network,” says Amy Rall, group vice president for Homeland Security, and Critical Infrastructure at Unisys’ Federal business. “The result will be a more secure and efficient deployment of devices and ability to more rapidly adapt and deploy new screening technologies across at all U.S. airports.”
Navy Awards Detectachem $10M for Explosive Detector Sustainment
The Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded Texas-based Detectachem, LLC a $9.8 million contract to provide sustainment for handheld explosive detectors supplied by the company. Detectachem will support its SEEKERe EDK devices for at least one year and up to five under the award. The number of devices is redacted in the Navy’s contract notice.