Army Picks 10 Vendors for $4.2B Aerostat Production Contract

The U.S. Army has selected 10 companies for a potential 10-year, $4.19 billion contract to produce and supply lighter-than-air systems, tethered platforms and elevated sensors to the service branch.

The Department of Defense said Thursday the Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland launched an online solicitation and received 10 bids for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract.

The military branch will obligate funding and determine work locations upon award of each task order.

Contract work is expected to run through March 12, 2035.

The awardees are:

Advanced Technology Systems
Elevated Technologies
Leidos
Mission Solutions Group
QinetiQ
RTX subsidiary Raytheon
Skyship Services
TCOM
Thunderbolt
Tyonek Technical Services

Request for Information

In April 2024, the Army solicited information on potential industry sources that could produce, field and provide sustainment and life cycle services for aerostat systems used to support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaisance missions. These include large, medium and tactical Persistence Surveillance Systems Tethered, or PSS-T, aerostats and Persistent Surveillance Dissemination System of Systems.

PSS-T is a multisensor data collection system that provides 360-degree detection, surveillance and targeting capability during interagency, multinational and joint operations.

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