21 novembre 2023 | International, C4ISR
Italy blocks Safran’s purchase of firm involved in making Eurofighters
Sources told Defense News the sale was halted due to the state of conflict around the world.
2 juillet 2019 | International, Autre défense
US Navy awards contract to Serco for mass notification systems upgrade
The US Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific has awarded a contract to Serco to perform upgrades to giant voice mass notification systems.
The giant voice mass notification system is a voice announcing system used to provide warnings to communities living near naval installations in emergency situations.
Under the contract, Serco will provide production and installation services for the systems located at different sites in the Western Pacific Region. The one-year task order is valued at around $8.3m.
Work will include pre-installation testing and check-out, retrofit installation, inspection, pre-setup, optimisation, training, and systems operational verification testing.
Serco chairman and CEO Dave Dacquino said: “Serco has a 20-plus year legacy of rapidly providing highly reliable support to meet the emerging requirements of the navy.
“Serco is proud of the base modernisation services we are providing to help secure our bases, and detect and respond to threats.”
NIWC Pacific awarded the task order under the $232m anti-terrorism/force protection (ATFP) naval electronic surveillance systems (NESS) indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) contract secured by Serco earlier this year.
Under the contract, the company will deliver technical services to the Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC), programme executive offices, and other US Department of Defence (DoD) agencies.
Services are also offered to the Department of Homeland Security, US Marine Corps, and other government programmes.
Serco is specialised in building and maintaining command, control, communications, computers, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (C5ISR) systems for various branches of the DoD.
Specific services provided by the firm include lifecycle sustainment engineering, systems integration, hardware procurement, software development, and technical support. In addition, the company provides installation and testing, operations and maintenance solutions.
In March, the company won a contract from the US Navy to provide technical and programmatic support at naval bases globally.
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Strategic acquisition in the USA: Rheinmetall agrees takeover of vehicle specialist Loc Performance
The purchase price agreed for Loc Performance, which will become due upon closing, is based on an enterprise value of USD 950 million.
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28 août 2020 | International, Aérospatial
US Space Force schedules pitch day for spring 2021
Nathan Strout WASHINGTON — The U.S. Space Force's Space and Missile Systems Center will host a Space Force Pitch Day in spring 2021. While the current plan is to host the event in person in Los Angeles, California, SMC noted that it may move to a virtual environment due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The Air Force first introduced its pitch days in March 2019, and has since held several to find “defense unicorns” — nontraditional companies with innovative solutions that lack the resources and know-how to secure Department of Defense contracts. Inspired by the popular television series “Shark Tank,” select companies are given the unique opportunity to present their solutions to acquisition leaders, who are then able to award Small Business Innovation Research grants. “Space Force is committed to procuring things differently. We continue to recognize the need for faster and smarter methods to quickly identify, procure and develop military space solutions. Space Pitch Day is one way SMC is bridging the gap between small businesses and the military,” said Maj. Ryan Pennington, project lead of SMC's deputy space ventures. A major draw of the events is the responsiveness, giving smaller companies the chance to forgo the traditional, lengthy DoD contracting process. The Air Force boasts that on its first pitch day, the service awarded a contract within three minutes of seeing the presentation. During the first Space Force Pitch Day in November 2019, the Air Force issued $9 million to 12 companies. “The inaugural Air Force Space Pitch Day last year was very successful. Although SMC is hosting its second pitch day event, it really is the first under the USSF. We are excited to host another event that enables us to grow and leverage small-business innovation into thriving ecosystems,” said Roberta Ewart, SMC's chief scientist. “The next SMC Space Force Pitch Day event will have the same focus and that is to open doors for innovative technologies and ideas and then create transition on-ramps into the USSF enterprise and architecture. We are fielding tomorrow's Space Force faster and smarter and we do this by changing the way we buy things.” SMC has laid out 11 focus areas for the upcoming Space Force Pitch Day: Innovation in early missile detection and warning Space situational awareness Space communications Space visualization Multidomain command and control Data mining Operations within electronically contested environments Artificial intelligence Responsive launch systems Space logistics Protection of critical space assets Interested companies can register and submit their proposals at www.spaceforcepitchday.com. https://www.c4isrnet.com/battlefield-tech/space/2020/08/27/space-force-sets-pitch-day-for-spring-2021/