QinetiQ US has been chosen as an awardee on the U.S. Army’s $4 billion Multiple Award Task Order Contract supporting the Product Director Aerostats program.
The 10-year IDIQ contract covers system integration, hardware procurement, engineering, logistics, operations and program management.
It includes support for the Persistent Surveillance System–Tethered, future elevated sensing requirements and the Persistent Surveillance Dissemination System of Systems program.
The company said it is the only prime contractor operating multi-site strategic and tactical-class aerostat sites for U.S. border security and defense missions. QinetiQ US will leverage this experience to support systems in the U.S. and abroad and deliver persistent surveillance solutions to U.S. and allied forces.
QinetiQ US brings broad expertise in prime contract management, sensor integration and interoperability, including aerostat platforms, hyperspectral imaging systems and multi-modal detection technologies that improve situational awareness.
“Our integrated sensor and aerostat solutions deliver effective and affordable multi-domain awareness solutions to meet the evolving threat in today’s defense and security environment,” said Jonathan Riksen, executive vice president and general manager of QinetiQ US’ National & Global Security Solutions. “By combining advanced sensor technologies with our persistent surveillance platforms, we provide decision makers with actionable intelligence that creates a decisive information advantage in evolving threat environments.”
QinetiQ US operates aerostats and payloads at altitudes up to 15,000 feet with 30-day continuous deployment, delivering high efficiency and low cost per flight hour. Its turnkey approach combines the Secure Persistent & Aware Data Ecosystem with mission planning, sustainment and lifecycle management to maximize operational effectiveness.