Members of the Joint Communications Support Element (Part of JECC) test a satellite communications dish aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) during Pacific Partnership 2013. Pacific Partnership 2014, the largest annual humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. Photo: U.S. Navy
By Ann Roosvelt |
10 years ago |
06/03/2014

Seven companies–General Dynamics Information Technology [GD], Booz Allen Hamilton, Northrop Grumman [NOC], Capstone Corp., SAIC [SAI], Lockheed Martin [LMT] MacAulay-Brown Inc.–all are awarded a five-year, potential $876 million, cost-plus fixed-fee, indefinite delivery/indefinite contracts supporting the Joint Staff  J7 (Director, Joint Force Development) to provide operational support services to the Joint Force Development program.

The contractors will all compete for task orders. The work is expected to be completed by April 30, 2019.

The companies will provide continuously adaptive education, training assessments, experimentation and infrastructure for training and real-world operations that serve as the foundation of learning for joint force development.

Members of the Joint Communications Support Element (Part of JECC) test a satellite communications dish aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) during Pacific Partnership 2013. Pacific Partnership 2014, the largest annual humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission in the Indo-Asia-Pacific. Photo: U.S. Navy
Members of the Joint Communications Support Element (Part of JECC) test a satellite communications dish aboard the amphibious dock landing ship USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) during Pacific Partnership 2013. Pacific Partnership 2014, the largest annual humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission in the Indo-Asia-Pacific.

Photo: U.S. Navy

Specific tasks include concept development and planning; logistics; modeling and simulation; architecture design; model management and operations; scenario development; distributed learning and courseware development; event response and control cells and facility operations.

In a June 3 statement, General Dynamics said it will also develop future joint training environments and test and evaluate new equipment. The work will be done in Suffolk, Va., and various locations worldwide.

“General Dynamics is a leader in delivering adaptive, integrated joint and coalition warfighting support services,” says Rich Farinacci, vice president and general manager of General Dynamics Information Technology’s Navy, Air Force and Joint Services sector. “Our highly experienced team understands the Joint Forces challenges and has the expertise necessary to deliver high-impact services across all Joint Force Development functions, tasks and missions.”

General Dynamics has supported the Joint Staff  J7 and its predecessor for this work, Joint Forces Command, since 1999.

Programs supported include the Joint Experimentation Program (JEXP), Joint Concept Development and Experimentation Core and Business Sustainment (JCD&E Core), Joint Concept Development and Experimentation Projects Support (JCD&E Projects), Joint Enabling Capabilities Command (JECC), Joint Irregular Warfare Center (JIWC)  and Joint Systems Integration Center (JSIC).