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3 companies awarded Navy C4ISR contracts

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Members of Japan Maritime Self Defense Force’s Fleet Air Wing 5 observe as Lt. j.g. Dallas Svrcina, assigned to the Fighting Tigers of Patrol Squadron (VP) 8, demonstrates capabilities of the of the P-8A Poseidon, in preparation for a Combined Maritime Patrol exercise scheduled for May 24. The objective of the exercise is to improve Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) readiness, increasing efficiency and interoperability between the two partner nations, in an effort to cohesively accomplish the same operational goals. VP-8 is currently deployed to the SEVENTH Fleet area of operation conducting ISR missions and providing Maritime Domain Awareness to supported units throughout the Pacific theater.

The Navy has awarded C4ISR contracts to three companies to support the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific.

The contracts — which are options on an earlier indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract — are for C4ISR test and evaluation, system engineering and integration, operational support, and configuration management for the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific Enterprise Engineering and Certification Laboratory and Combined Test Bed, according to the Defense Department of Defense contract announcement.

Tactical Engineering & Analysis, Inc. was awarded a $37 million option, Assured Space Access Technology, Inc. a $36.7 million option, and Koam Engineering Systems a $33.5 million option.

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Michael Peck is a correspondent for Defense News and a columnist for the Center for European Policy Analysis. He holds an M.A. in political science from Rutgers University. Find him at theuncommondefense.com. His email is mikedefense1@gmail.com.