Comtech awarded $42.7 million contract for Army Blue Force Tracking support
NewsApril 24, 2017
GERMANTOWN, Md. Comtech Mobile Datacom, a subsidiary of Comtech Telecommunications, announced that it has won a five-year contract to continue its sustainment support for the U.S. Army's Project Manager Mission Command (PM MC) -- Blue Force Tracking (BFT-1) program. BFT-1 is a battle command real-time situational awareness and control system.
Under the terms of the BFT-1 sustainment contract, Comtech will perform engineering services, satellite network operations, and program management through a hybrid firm fixed price/time and materials contract with cost reimbursement CLINs [contract line-item numbers]. The base performance period began during April 2017 and ends during April 2018.
The contract provides for four twelve-month option periods exercisable by the U.S. Army, with a not-to-exceed value of $42.7 million.
