U.S. Army awards Leidos $600
million contract to support Army Geospatial Center
August 2, 2021
Leidos has been awarded a prime
contract by the U.S. Army to support the Army Geospatial
Center's (AGC) High-Resolution Three Dimensional, (HR3D)
Geospatial Information Operation and Technology
Integration program. This single-award contract has a
total estimated value of $600 million if all options are
exercised. The period of performance for the contract
includes a one-year base as well as three one-year
options. Work will be performed predominately in
Virginia and various CONUS and OCONUS locations.
“We are excited to support the
AGC’s critical mission of providing timely, accurate and
relevant geospatial data to the warfighter,” said Gerry
Fasano, Leidos Defense Group President. "Throughout the
geospatial community, we continue to innovate on behalf
of our customers. Leidos looks forward to leveraging our
technical, engineering and software expertise to enable
our warfighters to maintain a decisive advantage on the
battlefield.”
Under the contract, Leidos will
continue to support AGC’s BuckEye mission. The BuckEye
program provides mission critical unclassified high
resolution color imagery and digital 3D terrain over all
operationally relevant areas of the world. The company
will continue to provide contractor owned and contractor
operated aircraft and a cadre of professionals to
support the rapid collection, processing, storage, and
dissemination of HR3D geospatial information. The
unclassified releasability of BuckEye data is an
invaluable tool to meet military and civilian
requirements such as strengthening and building
partnerships and partner capacity as well as
humanitarian assistance and disaster relief.
Insufficient unclassified HR3D
geospatial information limits the ability of the U.S. to
adequately engage other nations in expanding their
capabilities and working towards a sustainable, secure
environment. The HR3D program will address this critical
gap for high-resolution mapping products covering the
majority of the undeveloped world.
AGC provides a decisive advantage
to ground forces and supports the Army’s Battle Command
Systems. It does so across the world
by facilitating the dissemination of relevant geospatial
information to every command level as well as to partner
nations.
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