TSA Awards Leidos $927M for Integrated Logistics Support
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has awarded Leidos [LDOS] a potential $926.6 million contract to provide integrated logistics support for transportation security equipment at airport security checkpoints. Leidos is the incumbent contractor for the work. In the fall of 2017, TSA awarded a potential five-year $578 million contract to
Peraton for the checkpoint ILS work but a subsequent protest by Leidos halted that work. TSA eventually withdrew its contract to Peraton and initiated a new competition. The agency in Sept. 2018 awarded Leidos a potential; $196.5 million bridge contract to continue support for the checkpoint screening equipment until the competition could be completed. The bridge award was funded through Nov. 30, 2019. Leidos has been sustaining airport checkpoint security equipment for TSA under two predecessor contracts since 2014.
L3Harris Nabs $27M TSA Awards for Medium Speed EDS
The Transportation Security Administration has awarded L3Harris Technologies [LHX] a potential $27.3 million contract for medium-speed explosive detection systems (EDS) that are used to automatically screen checked bags for explosives. Under the award, TSA will purchase up to 21 medium-speed EDS and related equipment and installation support for eight projects nationwide. The contract is four five years, including options.
ICE Awards Cellebrite $28M for Forensic Extraction Devices
Cellebrite, Inc. has received a $28.3 million contract from Immigration and Customs Enforcement for universal forensic extraction devices and training services. ICE previously said that it planned to award Cellebrite a five-year contract worth between $30 million and $35 million for the forensic extraction devices, which are for the Homeland Security Investigations, Division 4, Cyber Crimes Center. ICE says the devices and services will help combat criminal activity conducted on or facilitated by the Internet.
CBP Awards $3M to Diamondback for Riverine Craft
Diamondback Manufacturing, LLC has received a five-year $3.1 million contract from Customs and Border Protection for the purchase of up to 33 Riverine Surface Patrol Platform vessels. The agency currently has a fleet of 18 aging and different vessels for its riverine operations. The airboats will be used for border security operations in restricted waterways along the nation’s borders.
CBP Awards VirTra $5M for Training Simulators
VirTra, Inc. [VTSI] says it has received a potential five-year $5 million contract from Customs and Border Protection to provide simulation training products and services. The initial delivery order under the contract is for $799,000. VirTra provides judgmental use of force training simulators, firearms training simulators, and driving simulators for law enforcement, military, educational and commercial markets.
INanoBIO Receives $5M for Work on WMD Exposures
Startup INanoBio has received a potential subcontract worth up to $5.4 million over four years to develop its proprietary Field Effect Nanopore Transistor (FENT) technology for ultra-fast epigenetic sequencing for detecting weapons of mass destruction exposures. The work will be done under a $27.8 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai New York under the Epigenetic Characterization and Observation (ECHO) program. The objective of the ECHO program is to develop a device capable of rapidly reading out epigenetic markers, analyzing a drop of blood in 30 minutes or less to detect if an individual has been exposed to WMD. INanoBio will work with other partners on the program to develop a prototype ECHO WMD Detector device that is robust and field portable.
Thruvision Nabs $3M CBP Award; First with Agency
Customs and Border Protection has awarded Thruvision a $3 million contract to provide the company’s body scanning technology that can detect contraband and other items hidden on an individual. The award is the company’s first with CBP. Thruvision says it now has eight national customs agencies as customers. Of the award amount, $2.9 million will be delivered during the company’s fiscal year 2020. “This award reinforces Thruvision’s international standing as a first-choice provider of safe and respectful people screening technology as we continue to broaden our strategically important U.S. government customer base,” says Colin Evans, chief executive of the Britain-based company. The award is separate from a recent contract the company won with the U.S. State Department to provide the passive terahertz people-screening technology for use in Mexico.
Army Awards FLIR $35M for Spray that Detects Chemical Agents on Surfaces
FLIR Systems [FLIR] has won a potential $35.1 million contract from the Army Joint Program Executive Officer Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear Defense to provide with a new version of the company’s Agentase C2 chemical agent disclosure spray to detect the chemical warfare agent sulfur mustard. The spray technology changes color when chemical warfare agents like sulfur mustard, VX or sarin are detected on equipment surfaces or clothing, enabling faster, more effective decontamination. “Blister agents like sulfur mustard and nerve agents such as VX and sarin are an ongoing concern to the military,” says David Ray, president of FLIR’s Government and Defense Business unit. “Our Agentase C2 spray technology offers unprecedented performance, enabling rapid detection of highly toxic substances while reducing the life-cycle cost of decontamination operations.” The program executive office previously awarded FLIR a $30 million contract for the Agentase C2 product line formulated for nerve agents such as VX and sarin.