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Sole Source Contract Advised by AFLCMC For Support Of NWS’ Archer

Sole Source Contract Advised by AFLCMC For Support Of NWS’ Archer
U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command Acquisition Management and Integration Center Detachment 1 team members and other USAF personnel approach North Warning System Site CAM-5A at Cape McLoughlin, Northwest Territories, Canada on April 9th (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center's (AFLCMC) Electronic Systems Directorate at Hanscom AFB, Mass., has advised the provision of a five-year, more than $29 million sole source contract to General Atomics' North Point Defense (NPD) in Rome, N.Y., to support the company's Archer signals intelligence system for the U.S. Atmospheric Early Warning System (AEWS) and the U.S.-Canadian North Warning System (NWS). Originally part of the Air Force Tactical Exploitation of National Capabilities program, Archer moved to the Air Force…

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