The FAST program provides a wide range of support for afloat and deployable automated supply management programs and services for the Navy and Marine Corps. This support consists of on-site assistance, training, and analysis; formal training; database validation, correction, and reconciliation, and inventory reconciliation.

CACI’s role is to provide FAST users with comprehensive and innovative logistics, inventory, training, and financial management solutions that help improve automated supply operations and fleet readiness. The FAST program focuses on program-level, user-level, and other functional solutions that address and resolve supply problems from an applications, systems, and training perspective. To achieve this goal, CACI’s solutions apply experience, expertise, tools, and performance monitoring to meet the operational, technical, and programmatic challenges of supporting our Navy’s ships, battle groups, aircraft, and Marine Corps aircraft in maintaining optimum readiness at all times. CACI also supports the design, prototyping, and evaluation of new logistics applications and concepts.

Bill Fairl, CACI’s President of U.S. Operations, said “We’re very pleased that, with this award, the Navy and Marine Corps continue to demonstrate such a high level of confidence in our logistics analysis and training expertise. The CACI team is proud to be able to play such a vital role in helping these armed services accomplish their missions.”

According to CACI President and CEO Paul Cofoni, “Serving the nation’s highest priorities has always been high on our agenda at CACI. This important award is very welcome, as it enables us to support and enhance the highest levels of readiness for the Navy and the Marine Corps as they carry out their missions around the world.”

Under the five-year-contract, Alion will provide program management, business and financial planning, acquisition and configuration management, and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) implementation support to the Directorate. Alion will help PEO Ships AM acquire and manage Government-Furnished Equipment (GFE) and Government-Furnished Information (GFI) for several ship classes, including the DDG 51, DDG-1000, Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) Sea Frame, Cruiser Modernization, Destroyer Modernization, LCS Mission Module program and the Egyptian Fast Missile Craft (EFMC) programs.

“Alion provides an experienced, well-integrated team solution to ensure PEO Ships AM delivers its products on time, on budget and without technical risks,” said Kevin Lees, Alion Senior Vice President and Manager of the Acquisition Programs Management Group. “Alion understands that the DDG 113 and Aegis Cruiser and Destroyer Modernization efforts will be a major thrust for PEO Ships and PEO Ships AM and will significantly impact their already tremendous workload. The Alion Team will play a critical industry leadership role in working with senior military and government personnel to provide programmatic and technical details regarding these critical programs to ASN RDA and DASN. We are directly involved in and knowledgeable of every aspect of PEO Ships AM’s mission and we will leverage our expertise to ensure the Directorate has continued success in the future.”

Alion leads a team of contractors on the PEO Ships AM program. Partners include TASC, The Columbia Group, Delta Resources and Triumph Enterprises, Inc. The contract runs until December 16, 2014.

PEO Ships AM is responsible for GFE and GFI acquisition for ship classes. This includes, but is not limited to, acquisition strategy, budgeting, procurement, preparation of ship project directives and establishing appropriate procedures and controls.

Overall, CSC will continue to provide comprehensive services required to reengineer and modernize the Army’s logistics processes through the adoption of best commercial business practices and associated technologies. Under the terms of the first modification, CSC will support the sustainment of the modernized system, and on the other, CSC will provide services for future deployment and implementation activities.

“These task orders solidify our position as the leader in the Army’s national level logistics modernization program,” said Austin Yerks, president of CSC’s North American Public Sector Defense Group. “We are honored to play a crucial role in assisting the Army as it transforms its 30-year-old logistics business processes and practices through innovative modernization alternatives and implementation strategies.”

The LMP is one of the world’s largest, fully integrated supply chain, maintenance, repair and overhaul, planning and execution solutions and stands at the center of the Army’s business transformation initiatives. AMC has more than $40 billion in diverse services and goods, a portfolio of six million items and global operations spanning more than 1,000 dynamic locations in 38 countries. The LMP delivers real-time situational awareness and decision-making capabilities—allowing the Army to provide service to warfighters more quickly and cost effectively.

CSC first won the LMP contract in 1999 to provide a fully integrated suite of software and business processes. Working in collaboration with the AMC, CSC is the prime contractor, program manager, systems integrator, applications service provider and full partner.

CPI Aero is engaged in the contract production of structural aircraft parts for leading prime defense contractors, the U.S. Air Force and other branches of the armed forces. In conjunction with its assembly operations, CPI Aero provides engineering, technical and program management services. Among the key programs that CPI Aero supplies are the A-10 Thunderbolt attack jet, the UH-60 BLACK HAWK helicopter, the Sikorsky S-92 helicopter, the MH-60S mine countermeasure helicopter, the Gulfstream G650, C-5A Galaxy cargo jet, the T-38 Talon jet trainer, and the E-3 Sentry AWACS jet. CPI Aero is included in the Russell Microcap® Index.

In addition to designing and producing the amplifiers at the company’s secure, 40,000 square-foot facility in Fremont, Calif., dB Control will also provide the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, Calif., with ongoing engineering, technical and repair support services. Text of the official contract announcement is available from the U.S. Department of Defense N68936-10-D-0010.

“Detecting potential threats quickly and accurately depends on the reliability of the TWT amplifier powering the ECM systems. As it can be a matter of life or death for our armed forces personnel, reliability is paramount,” said dB Control CEO Joe Hajduk. “When the U.S. Navy evaluated competitive bids, our rugged TWT amplifiers stood out as the best choice to provide exceptional reliability, even in harsh airborne environments.”

First deliveries of materiel are scheduled for 2011.

“This is very positive and it further proves the capability of the RBS 70 system which until now has been exported to 18 countries located on all five continents,” says Tomas Samuelsson, Head of Business Area Dynamics.

Saab serves the global market with world-leading products, services and solutions ranging from military defence to civil security. Saab has operations and employees on all continents and constantly develops, adopts and improves new technology to meet customers’ changing needs.

This award increases the total funded value of the overall contract to $3.34 million and additional options remain within the contract which, if awarded, could increase the total value of the contract to $6.4 million.

Under the terms of this eight-month, phase two program, Protonex is expected to deliver 30 additional portable battery charger / APU products to the U.S. Army for field use. The M250-CX units will include all of the next-generation improvements developed during the phase one program, which include increased power output, further integrated battery management and charging capabilities, additional ruggedisation and reduced overall size and weight.

Commenting on the news, Greg Cipriano, Vice President, Marketing & Military Development, at Protonex said, “This additional phase two program is another important milestone for Protonex as our M250-CX power systems move closer to deploying to our U.S. soldiers. We are excited about delivering on our first low volume order for the M250-CX, one of the Company’s flagship military products.”

Protonex’ M250-CX system is a lightweight, 250-watt portable power system designed to meet the stringent demands of a wide range of military battery charging and auxiliary power unit applications. The unique design combines advances in fuel cell energy conversion and battery charging technology into one complete product solution to provide military battery charging and 28V auxiliary power with extremely low weight, noise, and thermal signature.

The transition includes the planning/preparation, disassembly, transport, and synchronized reconstitution of an array of components involving information technology, systems engineering, and network automation. These actions will cover more than 120 highly technical and complex communications, electronics research, and development laboratories; 100,000 pieces of communications-electronics test equipment, IT equipment, and other components; design, fabrication, and integration facilities; and a broad array of classified equipment and technology.

The CACI team will provide overall project management, client interface and relationship management, and coordinated technical execution of all work elements. The company has been supporting technical work inside a majority of the relocating laboratory facilities for over 20 years and offers significant institutional knowledge of lab operations and supported programs. It is already performing the key BRAC work for the Army’s Communications-Electronics Research, Development, and Engineering Center (CERDEC) Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate (I2WD) under another contract from the Army. The new program supports the relocation of all elements of the CERDEC; the Communications-Electronics Command Life Cycle Management Command (CECOM LCMC) headquarters and key organizations (Software Engineering Center (SEC), the Logistics Readiness Center (LRC), and the CECOM Contracting Center (CECC); the Program Executive Office Command, Control and Communications-Tactical (PEO C3T), and related Project Managers; and the Program Executive Office, Intelligence Electronic Warfare and Sensors (PEO IEW&S) and related Project Managers, Program Executive Office – Integration (PEO-I) and related Project Managers, and U.S. Army Research Laboratory (ARL).

Bill Fairl, CACI’s President of U.S. Operations, said “This award from the Army to provide BRAC support, following so closely on our win to move classified labs to Aberdeen, is a gratifying vote of confidence in CACI’s ability to provide continuity for the critical C4ISR mission. The consistency, the methodology, the tools, and people are all in place for success.”

According to CACI President and CEO Paul Cofoni, “With this new work, we’re very pleased to help assure the smooth transition to Aberdeen of these vital components to support our warfighters as they keep our country safe. It’s important to note that a majority of the support in the areas of communications, electronics, and intelligence operations for our nation’s in-theater efforts emanates from the commands and organizations that will be moving to Aberdeen.”

“The need for rugged battlefield computing devices continues to grow. Based on customer input and that of our key partners, we developed the iX104C4M to be a computing tool addressing the difficult extremes of most military situations – whether for command and control or situational awareness, in a vehicle, on the flight line or in a tank,” said Holleran. “We recently debuted the product at the AUSA Conference in Washington, D.C. It was demonstrated in a network of partner booths including VT Miltope, Northrop Grumman and BAE Systems and was very well received by the end users who took part in the demos.”

The iX104C4M design implements best in class indoor/outdoor AllVue Xtreme display technology with Night Vision Imaging System (NVIS) compatibility, a flexible user interface with Dual Mode functionality, Intel Core Duo technology, Windows 7 and Military Standard 461F (MIL-STD-461F) compliance for battlefield computing. The iX104C4M’s key features include:

• 1.2 GHz Intel® Core™ Duo processor
• AllVue Xtreme LCD technology for viewing in all lighting conditions
• NVIS Compatibility
• MIL-STD-461F compliance
• Extended Thermal Operating ranges
• Customizable mounting solutions for Military vehicles such as MRAP/M-ATV, Buffalo, and Stryker

So who is Ceradyne? Ceradyne develops, manufactures, and markets advanced technical ceramic products and components for defense, industrial, automotive/diesel, and commercial applications.

David Reed, President of North American Operations had this to say about the news: “We are very pleased to receive this additional FMS body armor order. We believe that the government placed this order with Ceradyne, at least in part, due to its reliable delivery, quality performance on previous SAPI procurements and competitive pricing. This is a new order from the U.S. Army and should not be confused with the XSAPI/ESAPI 5-year procurement previously announced.”