The Joint IED Defeat Organization (JIEDDO) partnered with the Army Research Lab and the Maneuver Center of Excellence's Maneuver Battle Lab will host 20 commercial vendors in an acquisition project called the Culvert Denial Challenge Sept. 29 at Fort Benning, Ga. The challenge-based acquisition project is aimed at denying an enemy the ability to implant IEDs in road culverts. Army Contracting Command released the final list of challengers Sept. 18. After awarding the two-part challenge, subsequent areas of the contract…
