HII announced recently that its Mission Technologies division was asked to compete for a 10-year $25.4 billion contract competition.
The competition for the Advanced Technology Support Program V (ATSP5) will pit 12 companies against one another for a multiple award indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract to provide engineering solutions for electronics and software problems for the Defense Microelectronics Activity. The ATSP5 is used across the U.S. Department of Defense and other civilian federal agencies to obtain advanced microelectronics, engineering, prototyping and technology modernization support. The contract provides rapid, flexible access to advanced microelectronics technologies, HII said, and solves operation problems caused by obsolescence.
“Delivering a trusted, assured supply of microelectronics directly impacts warfighter survivability, mission success and technological superiority at a time when secure chips shape battlefield advantage,” Grant Hagen, president of Mission Technologies’ Warfare Systems group, said. “HII looks forward to applying more than two decades of engineering expertise to design and deploy next-generation microelectronics while sustaining systems with robust anti-obsolescence solutions.”
ATSP5 will include developing appropriate solutions to keep a system operational, elevate a system’s sophistication level or address new threats. The scope of the program covers hardware and software and includes studies, analysis, design, software, simulation, fabrication, prototyping, integration, testing, producibility and extended limited production.
An all-domain defense provider, HII said its mission is to provide “the world’s most powerful ships and all-domain solutions in service of the nation, creating the advantage for our customers to protect peace and freedom around the world.” HII is also the largest military shipbuilder in the United States, with a more than 135-year history of advancing national security.