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Air Force awards $538M tactical, strategic systems contract

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Air Force 2nd Lt. TJ Bertsch, an air liaison officer, left, and Senior Airman Luke Molidor, a joint terminal attack controller, both from the 14th Air Support Operations Squadron, Pope Army Airfield, N.C., direct close-air support operations during a training exercise in 2017. An airmen is trying to become the first woman to graduate from tactical air control party training. (Marvin Krause/Air Force)

The Air Force has selected six companies for a theater air control contract.

The companies were chosen under the Platform for Engineering and Integration of Tactical and Strategic Systems (PEITSS) indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract, which has a maximum value of $538 million, according to the Department of Defense contract announcement.

“This contract supports delivery of systems and capabilities within the Theater Air Control System and other systems providing tactical and strategic battle management and command and control capabilities, including close air support, surveillance, communications, airspace management, and weapons control,” the Department of Defense said.

The winning companies are BCF Solutions, IGOV Technologies, People Tec, Pelatron, Smartronix and BAE Systems. The work is scheduled to be completed by January 2023.

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Michael Peck is a correspondent for Defense News and a columnist for the Center for European Policy Analysis. He holds an M.A. in political science from Rutgers University. Find him at theuncommondefense.com. His email is mikedefense1@gmail.com.