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15 Feb 11. BAE, Belcamp, Md., was awarded on Feb. 11 a $58,023,455 firm-fixed-price indefinite delivery/indefinite quality contract. The award will provide for the purchase of 6,000 thermal weapon systems. Work will be performed in Belcamp, Md., with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2012. Three bids were solicited with three bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W91CRB-07-D-0030).

15 Feb 11. DRS, Palm Bay, Fla., was awarded on Feb. 11 a $68,225,668 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quality contract. The award will provide for the purchase of 6,876 thermal weapon systems. Work will be performed in Palm Bay, Fla., with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2012. Three bids were solicited with three bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W91CRB-07-D-0031).

14 Feb 11. General Dynamics Information Technology was awarded a $9.3m, eight-month task order to perform network systems integration for the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command under the U.S. Air Force Network-Centric Solutions (NETCENTS) contract. Under this contract, General Dynamics will engineer, design, install and test a new dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) backbone transport network at three Marine Corps bases in the United States. This project will modernize the base networks and enhance communications technology. The work will be performed at Camp Pendleton, Calif.; Marine Corps Recruit Depot, San Diego; and Camp Lejeune, N.C.

09 Feb 11. Harris Corporation received a $9m order from the U.S. Army for high-frequency radios for use in the Army’s Joint Biological Point Detection System (JPBDS). Harris will provide Falcon II 400-watt AN/PRC 150(C) HF systems to JPBDS, which is designed and deployed to detect and identify biological warfare agents. The AN/PRC-150(C) automatically communicates alerts to headquarters over HF radio links when the system detects the presence of biological agents.

14 Feb 11. Oshkosh Defense will deliver more than 2,000 MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle (M-ATV) underbody improvement kits following an order from the U.S. Army TACOM Life Cycle Management Command. The award has a ceiling price of nearly $102m. Deliveries under this order are expected to finish by September 2011. Oshkosh Defense has received awards to date for nearly 8,400 M-ATVs, as well as spare parts kits, upgrade kits and aftermarket support.

15 Feb 11. Raytheon, Dallas, Texas, was awarded on Feb. 11 a $68,680,036 firm-fixed-price indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quality contract. The award will provide for the purchase of 9,001 thermal weapon systems. Work will be performed in Dallas, Texas, with an estimated completion date of June 30, 2012. Three bids were solicited with three bids received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., is the contracting activity (W91CRB-07-D-0029).

14 Feb 11. Raytheon-BBN Technologies, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., was awarded a $54,340,021 firm-fixed-price contract Feb. 9, 2011. The award will provide for the purchase of 300 Boomerang III Perimeter Defense Systems in support of the Army’s mission in Operation Enduring Freedom. Work will be performed in Cambridge, Mass., with an estimated completion date of Aug. 10, 2011. One bid was solicited with one bid received. The U.S. Army Contracting Command, Fort Belvoir, Va., is the contracting activity (W909MY-11-C-0028).

15 Feb 11. Schutt Industries, the world leading manufacturer of trailering systems for the US Military, including the Light Tactical Trailer (LTT) announced it has received a new delivery order for more than 2.5m dollars from the U.S. Army TACOM contracting center in Warren Michigan. The Electrical Test Shop Shelters are designed and used to load test starters, alternators and generators that are present in Marine Corps ground vehicles and equipment.