CTSi is very pleased to announce that we have been awarded a Phase II SBIR contract with NASA Langley to develop, integrate and test avionics for the NASA Langley Generic Transport Model (GTM) program. The remote-controlled transport models are turbine-powered and weigh approximately 55 pounds with an 82-inch wingspan. The Generic Transport Model is built to 5.5 percent scale of NASA's Airborne Research Integrated Experiments System, or ARIES, aircraft and is dynamically scaled so that, at certain altitudes, speeds and weights, the model performs like the full-scale aircraft. The phase I effort was completed approximately one year ago, and was followed by a small Phase III contract with NASA. This is our most significant non-DoD contract in the history of CTSi. The Phase II effort will be lead by Ian Gallimore, and we anticipate support from several other members of our team.
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CTSi has been selected by Army PM SBIR as one of 25 companies, out of an estimated field of 400 Phase II programs, to participate in the 2010 Commercialization Pilot Program (CPP). The Army CPP increases SBIR technology transition and commercialization success by providing expert advice, market research, business plan development, and expanded development and test funding to the most promising Phase II SBIR projects, thereby accelerating the fielding of capabilities to Soldiers. CTSi will use this opportunity to expand the MudBucket SBIR technology for use in flight to simulate conditions that cannot feasibly be controlled or recreated on Army test ranges. This will result in a increase in the testing envelope at a reduced cost, while providing Soldiers with a more complete understanding and assurance of the capabilities and limitations of Army weapon systems.
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L-3 Communications Command & Control Systems and Software (C2S2) division has been awarded a $187.4 million cost plus fixed fee contract by the US Navy for Systems Engineering and Technical Support Services for the AIR 4.1 Competency at Naval Air Station (NAS) Patuxent River, MD. Under this contract, L-3 will provide a broad array of services including Systems Engineering, Systems/Subsystems Integration, Avionics/Software/Air Vehicle Technology Insertion, Survivability Engineering, Earned Value Management (EVM), Configuration Management, Reliability and Maintainability Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Program Performance Assessment Analysis/Planning, and Technology Transfer. “The renewal of this contract allows us the opportunity to provide continued exceptional support to the warfighter and their NAVAIR programs over their entire life cycle – from cradle to grave,” said Ship & Aviation Engineering Business Unit Vice President and General Manager, Mr. Tony Haslam. “L-3’s team, specifically formed to fully respond to NAVAIR’s operational requirements and provide the capability needed by NAVAIR to execute its mission, was instrumental to the win. Our teammates include: AirTec; AM Pierce & Associates; Atkinson Aeronautics & Technology; Booz Allen Hamilton; Coherent Technical Services, Inc.; Dynamic Analytical Solutions; Dynamic Analytics and Test; Deloitte; Eagle Systems; Gautreaux Enterprise; Jacobs Technology; Noetic Software; Naval Systems, Inc.; Precise Systems; RSPB Consulting; Sabre Systems; SAIC; Sierra Management & Technologies; Solute Consulting; SURVICE Engineering Company; Technology Security Associates; and Wyle Laboratories, Inc.” “We are very proud to have been selected to retain this Technical Services contract for NAVAIR. Along with our teammates, we actively sought to provide a team of seasoned professionals to support the war fighters, building on past successes yet taking nothing for granted. L-3 will continue to solicit new team members with specialized capabilities to provide the full spectrum of System Engineering Technical Services in support of Naval Aviation. We are also extremely fortunate to have Mr. Win Everett, my Executive Director and General Manager of the Program Management Department to lead this effort. He is a retired Naval Officer and Aviator with experience that includes Program Manager of an ACAT I program, Deputy Program Manager and Chief Engineer for the F/A-18 Program, Operational Squadron Command, Development and Operational Test and Evaluation, and brings to this position over 25 years of Program Management and Systems Engineering experience,” said Haslam.