The Joint Advanced Strike Technology (JAST) Program Office today announced the
award of 24 contracts for concept definition and design research.
The JAST
program received 150 proposals.
The contracts were awarded in five broad
areas: weapon system concepts, avionics, air vehicle structures and materials,
propulsion concepts/components, and modeling, simulation and analyses.
Focus
of the contractual efforts is on research related to definition of Joint Strike
Aircraft Weapon Systems and Technology Maturation to reduce the cost for the
next generation of Joint Strike Warfare weapon systems for the Navy, Air Force
and Marine Corps.
The contracts culminated the JAST program's second major contractual
effort and were awarded using a highly streamlined paperless contracting
process.
The JAST program used a simplified solicitation vehicle, proposals
were submitted on electronic media, evaluated electronically, and awarded using
an innovative electronic contracting officer support tool developed by the JAST
program.
These streamlined methods and electronic processes saved both the
government and industry time and effort.
The JAST program is making significant progress in establishing an affordable
family of next generation strike weapon systems.
With the merger of the JAST
and Advanced Short Takeoff and Vertical Landing (ASTOVL) programs, the stage
is set for wider dialogue with allies on defense cooperation on fighter
aircraft.
The U.S. welcomes discussions with its allies on their participation
in the JAST program.
It is the policy of the Department of Defense that this kind of participation
must take place within an explicit framework for international defense
cooperation.
Because of the likely future resource environment, DoD's
objective is to design a framework for closer cooperation to ensure that the
next generation strike aircraft represents the most advanced, yet affordable,
program.
An explicit framework for international cooperation in the JAST
program is the best way to ensure long-term international participation.
Therefore, until such a framework is formulated, cooperation will be limited to
work begun under the ASTOVL framework and specific subcontract tasks within the
concept definition and design research phase of the JAST program.
Contracts
beyond the concept definition and design research phase will be considered only
within the framework for international defense cooperation, established in
consultation with our allies.
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The following JAST program contracts were awarded and announced on Dec. 22,
1994:
Prime: Boeing Defense and Space Group, Seattle, WA.
Title: Tri-Service Weapon System Concept
Award: $27,614,120
Prime: McDonnell Douglas Aerospace, St. Louis, MO.
Title: Joint Strike Weapon System Concept Definition and Design
Research
Award: $28,193,501
Prime: Northrop Grumman Corp. Advanced Technology and Development Center, Pico
Rivera, CA
Title: Joint Strike Weapon System Concept Definition and Design
Research
Award: $24,085,919
Prime: Lockheed Ft. Worth Co., Ft. Worth, TX
Title: Joint Strike Weapon System Concept Definition and Design
Research
Award: $19,900,000
Prime: Boeing Defense and Space Group, Seattle, WA.
Title: Avionics Virtual Systems Engineering and Prototyping
Award: $2,288,774
Prime: Northrop Grumman Corp. B-2 Division, Pico Rivera, CA.
Title: Avionics Virtual Systems Engineering and Prototyping
Award: $2,125,190
Prime: Texas Instruments Inc. Defense Systems & Electronics Group, Plano,
TX.
Title: Avionics Virtual Systems Engineering
Award: $2,464,392
Prime: Lockheed Ft. Worth Co., Ft. Worth, TX.
Title: On-Board Off-Board Information Fusion
Award: $2,016,004
Prime: Lockheed Ft. Worth Co., Ft. Worth, TX
Title: Structurally Integrated Reconfigurable Multi-function Apertures
(SIRMA) Study
Award: $441,983
Prime: Hughes Aircraft Co., El Segundo, CA.
Title: Wideband Integrated Forebody (IFB) Technology Maturation
Award: $1,310,174
Prime: TRW Avionics and Surveillance Group, Beavercreek, OH.
Title: Advanced Strike Integrated Diagnostics (ASID)
Award: $2,004,219
Prime: Unisys Government Systems Group, Eagan, MN.
Title: Scaleable Multiprocessing System (SMPS)
Award: $1,210,000
Prime: Westinghouse Electric Systems, Electronics Systems, Baltimore, MD.
Title: Affordable RF/IF Packaging
Award: $314,943
Prime: Martin Marietta Technologies, Inc., Electronics and Missiles, Orlando,
FL.
Title: JAST Affordable Modular EO/IR Sensor Subsystem
Award: $535,755
Prime: Rockwell International Collins Avionics & Communications Division,
Cedar Rapids, IA.
Title: RF Technology Maturation
Award: $719,484
Prime: Hughes Aircraft Co., El Segundo, CA.
Title: JAST Secure Avionics Architecture Concept Development
Award: $291,980
Prime: D. Gustavson, Los Altos, CA.
Title: Compare Performance of Proposed SCI/RT Mechanisms
Award: $50,000
Prime: Pratt & Whitney Government Engines and Space Propulsion, United
Technologies Corp., West Palm Beach, FL.
Title: JAST Propulsion System Demos/ JAST Maturing Technologies in an Engine
Environment
Award: $5,448,143
Prime: GE Aircraft Engines, Cincinnati, OH.
Title: Low Cost Nozzles for Enhanced Strike Effectiveness/Turbocooler Engine
Demonstration for Flexible Thermal Management
Award: $3,657,288
Prime: Boeing Defense and Space Group, Seattle, WA.
Title: JAST Multi-service Common Airframe
Award: $1,740,920
Prime: ASI Systems International, Ridgecrest, CA.
Title: Spreadsheet Methodology for Tradeoff Analysis
Award: $346,553
Prime: Aerodyne Research Inc., Billerica, MA.
Title: Advanced Survivability Model for Strike Warfare
Award: $250,920
Prime: Geodynamics Corp., Colorado Springs, CO.
Title: Off-Board MS&A Concept Definition and Design Research
Award: $486,659
Prime: Rockwell International, Seal Beach, CA.
Title: Fluidic Thrust Vectoring Nozzle Study
Award: $278,051
