Satnews Daily
November 27th, 2012

ITT Exelis... An Important GTACS Gain (Comms)


[SatNews] ITT Exelis (NYSE: XLS) has been selected as an awardee on the GTACS (Global Tactical Advanced Communication Systems and Services)...

...indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract with a potential ceiling of $10 billion. The five-year multiple task order contract was issued by the U.S. Army’s PEO C3T (Program Executive Office Command, Control and Communications-Tactical). It calls for the rapid acquisition of a wide range of tactical command, control and communications systems, hardware, software, engineering services and logistics support services. The awardees will also provide support to other Department of Defense organizations and U.S. federal government agencies in a variety of areas. The contract structure allows for competitive delivery order awards for C3 solutions among pre-qualified contractors in a cost-effective and timely manner, maintaining competition throughout the term of the contract period. There were a total of 20 awardees falling into two categories of large and small companies. Of those 20, 14 were large and 6 were small companies.