U.S. Navy selects Leidos for the distributed common ground system sustainment contract
NewsMay 26, 2017
RESTON, Va. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) Systems Center Atlantic selected Leidos to continue providing technical expertise to sustain and update Distributed Common Ground System ? Navy (DCGS-N) Family of Systems (FoS).
Under the follow-on contract in support of DCGS-N FoS, Leidos will provide technical assessment and evaluation, program definition, organization, and direction including the development of long and short-range plans. This includes the responsibility for formulating, guiding, and directing the evaluation approach; and defining and negotiating with agency personnel for the necessary resources.
The single-award cost-plus fixed-fee contract has a one-year base period of performance, a single year option, and a total contract value of approximately $43 million if the option is exercised. Work will be performed primarily in Charleston, South Carolina, Suitland, Maryland, Norfolk, Virginia, San Diego, California, and Fallon, Nevada.
DCGS-N is the Navy's shipboard and ashore intelligence enterprise, providing primary intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance, and targeting support capability. Afloat or ashore, DCGS-N tools are critical for the operational commander's battlespace awareness and netcentric operations.
