Senior NATO officials briefed North American and European industry representatives on April 24 on the first bid invitations set to be launched in September as part of part of the alliance’s nearly $3.3 billion tech refresh, NATO said April 25.
The briefing occurred on April 24 at the NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency’s major conference, the NCI Agency Industry Conference and AFCEA TechNet International (NITEC17). The conference was held in Ottawa, Canada from April 24-26. The agency first announced the general tech refresh contracts in March.
The first round of contracts set to be finished in September and October 2017 include:
- $ 2.2 million in command and control software for land operations;
- $8.7 million for the NATO Joint Targeting System;
- $32.7 million in logistics for multinational operations;
- Over $29 million for Service Management and Control;
- $349 million in air command and control;
- Over 76 million for new NATO messaging service, information services; and
- $1.6 billion in satellite communication services.
The NCI Agency highlighted these opportunities will be followed by another round in 2018 which will include a refresh for NATO’s cyber shield, and investments in education and training. It will also include more investments in air command and control; ballistic missile defense; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; business applications; and advanced software to support NATO’s operations.
“The aim of the conference was to give industry an opportunity to prepare for these competitions, including teaming up with partners from both Europe and North America,” NCI general manager Koen Gijsbers, said in a statement.