Tag Archives: ISR

Alion Science and Technology’s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance group has been appraised at Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) Maturity Level 4 for Development V2.0 (CMMI-DEV) for software development with Supplier Agreement Management (SAM). The appraisal was performed by the Software Quality Center. A maturity level 4 appraisal signifies that Alion is performing at a “defined” level.

The U.S. Army seeks market information on payloads for aerial intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance that would support the MQ-1C Gray Eagle's joint all-domain operations. The service branch said Wednesday in a SAM notice it needs to identify market sources of synthetic aperture radar, moving target indicator, electronic intelligence and other AISR payloads for the Gray Eagle.

The U.S. Air Force has asked industry to submit concept papers on kill chain integration platforms needed to ensure spectrum awareness of emerging threats. Topics of interest include intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance advancement, machine learning and artificial intelligence, enhanced situational awareness, improvements to existing Air Force/Department of Defense infrastructure, cryptographic operations advancement, geospatial analysis of social media, exploitation of enemy threat systems, anti-access/anti-denial environments and 5th to 4th generation communications.

A², the ASEC-AVIAN joint venture, was recently awarded a five-year, $85 million single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Navy to provide Airborne Systems Integration support to the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division's Webster Outlying Field. “The A² joint-venture expands the market space and allows us to work together instead of competing over the same work,” said Kevin Switick, CEO of AVIAN.

The State Department has approved Taiwan’s request to buy four General Atomics-built MQ-9B remotely piloted aircraft, related equipment and services under a potential $600M foreign military sales agreement.

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will continue to help the U.S. Army operate and maintain the Saturn Arch aerial platform for neutralizing improvised explosive devices under a potential $306M follow-on contract.

Potomac Officers Club’s 5G Summit will feature notable federal and industry leaders on “The DoD Journey to 5G: Where We Are, Where Do We Need to Be, and What’s Next” Panel. The panelists will discuss emerging programs, priorities and challenges within the integration process of the new 5G framework. To Register for the 5G Summit, and view other upcoming events, visit Potomac Officers Club’s Event Page!

U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded three companies five-year contracts worth potentially $780M combined to provide equipment and technical assistance for designated intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance activities.

The U.S. Navy has issued the final solicitation for development and fielding services to support the military branch’s deployment of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance technologies for seabed-to-space operations.

U.S. Special Operations Command has issued a request for proposals for a follow-on contract for support services to help process, disseminate and exploit geospatial intelligence from traditional and nontraditional datasets.