WASHINGTON - SERCO Inc., Herndon, Virginia, has been awarded one-year extension estimated at $21.5 million for contractor support services, studies and analysis to the Global Positioning System User Equipment Systems, and Assured Position, Navigation and Timing (PNT) related programs, for the Joint Service System Management Office (JSSMO), which includes the PNT program offices.

The location of performance will be primarily at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia; and Wright Patterson AFB, Ohio. This extension is the result of a non-competitive acquisition. Fiscal 2025 research, development, testing and evaluation funds are being used and partial funding will be obligated at time of the award. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Robins AFB, Georgia, is the contracting activity (FA8576-24-C-0001).

Source: U.S. DoD
Associated URL: http://www.defenselink.gov

WASHINGTON - The U.S. Army issued a request for information for the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) Next effort, which has the potential to lead to a recompete of Microsoft's production agreement with the Pentagon that could be valued at up to $22 billion over ten years.

Microsoft's IVAS is an augmented reality system intended to provide soldiers with increased situational awareness, but troops have experienced issues with visual discomfort, dizziness, and nausea. The system has also experienced reliability issues.

Several iterations have been developed to address these problems, and testing of the latest IVAS 1.2 version continues, with members of the 75th Ranger Regiment evaluating its performance alongside Enhanced Night Vision Goggle-Binoculars (ENVG-B) and other devices. Their feedback will inform the Army’s requirements for IVAS Next, shaping the program’s form factor, battery life, and other specifications.

Source: Breaking Defense
Associated URL: https://breakingdefense.com/2025/01/army-kickstarts-possible-recompete-of-microsofts-22-billion-ivas-production-deal/

WASHINGTON - L3Harris Technologies Inc., Northampton, Massachusetts, is awarded an $8.8 million fixed-price-incentive order under previously awarded blanket ordering agreement N00024-24-G-5317 for the procurement of spares for the MK 20 Electro-Optical Sensor System (EOSS), MK 46 Optical Sight System (OSS), and associated the MK 48 and MK 34 Gun Weapon Systems. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this order to $9,815,050.

Work will be performed in Northampton, Massachusetts (55%); Orlando Florida (29%); Moonachie, New Jersey (8%); Keene, New Hampshire (5%); and Radford, Virginia (3%), and is expected to be completed by April 2027. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-25-F-5319).

Source: U.S. DoD
Associated URL: http://www.defenselink.gov