ARINC Inc Awarded $205M for Datalink Services to provide certified and continuous flight safety services

ARINC Inc., Annapolis, Maryland, was awarded a non-competitive, firm-fixed-price, single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a ceiling value of $205,062,956, for Datalink Services to provide certified and continuous flight safety services, Datalink messaging and voice communications with worldwide air traffic control agencies, and general data and voice for government command and control agencies. The $15,000 minimum guarantee will be funded by fiscal 2022 operations and maintenance funds. The primary performance will be at the contractor’s facility. The period of performance is Oct. 1, 2021 – to Sept. 30, 2031. The Defense Information Technology Contracting Organization, Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, is the contracting activity (HC1013-21-D-0009). 

ARINC is a high flyer in communications and systems integration. Commercial aviation, US defense, and government customers rely on its communications products, IT know-how, and engineering expertise to make their operations run smoothly. The company’s broad range of products and services cover airport security, air traffic management, aircraft, and satellite testing, modeling and simulation, network design, passenger and baggage processing, voice and data communications, and weather reporting. ARINC traces its roots back to 1929. It’s been a part of Rockwell Collins since 2013. (www.dnb.com)

GATR Technologies Awarded $172M Contract by USSOCOM

GATR Technologies, Huntsville, Alabama, a subsidiary of Cubic Corp., was awarded a $172,000,000 maximum ceiling, single-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quality, firm-fixed-price contract (H92401-20-D-0003) with five one-year ordering periods for the procurement of 1.2 meter and 2.4 meter Ground Antenna Transmit and Receive (GATR) inflatable satellite communications terminals and ancillary equipment in support of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM).

The contract will be funded with operations and maintenance funds, as well as procurement funds, from multiple fiscal years over the life of the contract. The majority of the work will be performed in Huntsville and is expected to be completed by August 2025. The contract is a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research award authorized under Title 10, U.S. Code 2304(b)(2) or Title 41, U.S. Code 253(b)(2). USSOCOM, Tampa, Florida, is the contracting activity.