US Space Force increases efforts to plug training capabilities gaps
The service has been seeking simulation and emulation solutions capable of reproducing multiple in-orbit threats.
General Dynamics Information Technology, a business unit of General Dynamics, is one of seven awardees selected to receive a multiple-award indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for Special Operations Forces Information Technology Enterprise Contracts (SITEC) specialty services in support of US Special Operations Command (USSOCOM). The contract has a total potential value of $362 million to the awardees if all options are exercised.
Under the contract, contractors will assist the government in performing the daily operations necessary to sustain and maintain USSOCOM's global enterprise information technology specialty services environment. The work will be performed at multiple locations in and outside the United States. The anticipated total contract period of performance is five years. USSOCOM is the contracting activity.
Source: General Dynamics
The service has been seeking simulation and emulation solutions capable of reproducing multiple in-orbit threats.
The service has been conducting several acquisition and upgrading efforts involving artificial intelligence and machine learning to improve communication, data analysis and ISR systems.
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