DoD Seeks Commercial Networking Solutions To Enable Swarms Of Unmanned Systems

The littoral combat ship USS Indianapolis (LCS 17) sails with two T-38 Devil Ray unmanned surface vessels (USV) and an Arabian Fox MAST-13 USV, all attached to U.S. Naval Forces Central Command’s (NAVCENT) Task Force 59, during exercise Digital Talon 2 in the Arabian Gulf, Nov. 27, 2023. (Photo: U.S. Army by Sgt. Marita Schwab)

The Defense Department’s commercially-focused innovation arm on Monday released a solicitation seeking networking solutions to enable fleets of multi-domain unmanned vehicles (UxVs) to operate together and with crewed systems in contested, disconnected, and intermittent communications environments with a particular focus on Naval operations in the Pacific. The Opportunistic, Resilient & Innovative Expeditionary Network Topology (ORIENT) project seeks secure and reliable communications capabilities that operators can use to direct and redirect various drone types in real-time through line of sight and…

Contract Updates

R&M Government Services (Las Cruces, New Mexico) – $23,894,784

R&M Government Services,* Las Cruces, New Mexico, has been awarded a maximum $23,894,784 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-quantity contract for battery compartments. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 3204 (a)(1), as stated in the Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. This…

L3Harris Technologies Inc. (Clifton, New Jersey) – $9,571,947

L3Harris Technologies Inc., Clifton, New Jersey, is being awarded $9,571,947 for a firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 74 radio frequency amplifiers in support of Navy F/A-18E/F/G aircraft. The contract does not include an option provision. All work will be…

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. a Lockheed Martin Co. (Stratford, Connecticut) – $21,600,000

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a Lockheed Martin Co., Stratford, Connecticut, is awarded a not-to-exceed $21,600,000 cost reimbursable undefinitized order (N0001926F1016) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001923G0002). This order provides for instantaneous access to 105% Transient Engine Torque test and…

Amentum Mitie Pacific LLC (Chantilly, Virginia) – $85,236,794

Amentum Mitie Pacific LLC, Chantilly, Virginia, is awarded an $85,236,794 fixed-price-award-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for base operating support services at Navy Support Facility, Diego Garcia. Work will be performed at Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, and is expected to be…

DoD Seeks Commercial Networking Solutions To Enable Swarms Of Unmanned Systems

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Contract Updates

R&M Government Services (Las Cruces, New Mexico) – $23,894,784

L3Harris Technologies Inc. (Clifton, New Jersey) – $9,571,947

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. a Lockheed Martin Co. (Stratford, Connecticut) – $21,600,000

Amentum Mitie Pacific LLC (Chantilly, Virginia) – $85,236,794

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