
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center on Jan. 29 awarded four companies, InDyne, Inc., L-3 Communications [L-3], Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Xator Corp., a potential $486 million in combined indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts to compete for work to provide force protection systems to military bases.The Force Protection Site Security Systems Contract provides for the acquisition, upgrade and sustainment of a family of Integrated Base Defense Security Systems (IBDSS). The incumbent contractors were Leidos [LDOS], L-3 and Northrop Grumman.The IBDSS solutions…