SAIC Is Lead Systems Integrator on Award-Winning Joint Services Project
The revolutionary nature of new weapon systems using high-energy lasers and high-power microwaves presents a new challenge to the U.S. military: how to effectively test and evaluate these systems. The Directed Energy Test and Evaluation Capability (DETEC) Project was formed to meet that challenge, and SAIC was awarded the contract to serve as the project's lead systems integrator.
On June 10, 2006, at the Army Birthday Ball held in Orlando, Fla., the project was named the winner of the 2006 Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training, and Instrumentation (PEO STRI) Team Achievement Recognition (STAR) Award for project execution.
The STAR award recognizes team excellence in the implementation of acquisition-reform streamlining principles. As the lead systems integrator, SAIC taps its internal directed-energy expertise and works with government and industry personnel to develop functional specifications for certain directed-energy and test and evaluation infrastructure capabilities. The lead systems integrator acquires these capabilities in competitive procurements and integrates the capabilities into the Major Range and Test Facility Base to help meet the testing requirements for current and future high-energy laser and high-power microwave weapon systems.
Six factors were used to evaluate project execution:
- Utilization of integrated product teams
- Optimization of resource expenditures (government and systems engineering and technical assistance)
- Application of cost as an independent variable principles
- Maximization partnering principles
- Reduction in life-cycle costs
- Utilization of innovative project activities to maintain the acquisition program baseline
DETEC is managed under Project Manager Instrumentation, Targets, and Threat Simulators within the PEO STRI and funded by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Central Test and Evaluation Investment Program. The STAR award was presented by the U.S. Army PEO STRI.
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