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Joint experimentation contracts awarded

Multiple awards to four different companies will support U.S. Joint Forces Command's joint concept development and experimentation efforts.

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By USJFCOM Public Affairs

(SUFFOLK, Va. - June 1, 2009) -- Fleet and Industrial Supply Center, Norfolk, Philadelphia Office has awarded two contracts, both with multiple awards, to support U.S. Joint Forces Command's (USJFCOM) joint experimentation and concept development efforts.

These contracts replace a large contract scheduled to expire July 31.

The two contracts, core/business sustainment and projects, are indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity multiple award contracts (MAC) which will run for five years if all options are exercised.

Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems, Inc., and General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems received the two core/business sustainment MAC contracts, valued at approximately $24.5 million with a total value of each effort over five years of approximately $130 million

The three projects MACs were awarded to Science Applications International Corporation, General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, and Northrop Grumman Space & Mission Systems Corporation.

These contracts are valued at approximately $49 million each or approximately $260 million each over five years.

Work on all of these contracts will start Aug. 1.

Headquartered in Norfolk, Va., U.S. Joint Forces Command is one of ten unified commands in the Department of Defense.

Among his duties, the commander of USJFCOM oversees the command's roles in transformation, experimentation, joint training, interoperability and force provision as outlined in the Department of Defense's Unified Command Plan.