TRW Inc. Teaming Agreement for $1.5 Billion Air Force Contract

Strategic Insights -

TRW Inc., a global technology company, has formed a team with ITT Industries, SAIC, IBM, Harris Corp., and Oracle Consulting to pursue the Air Force Integrated Space Command and Control (ISC2) contract, worth up to $1.5 billion. The contract, valued at over $100 million per year for up to 15 years, aims to integrate approximately 40 air, space, and missile-defense command-and-control systems. The team will provide a common global battlefield picture based on shared, real-time data, enhancing the capabilities of Space Command and NORAD.

Key Takeaways:

  • TRW Inc. is teaming with ITT Industries, SAIC, IBM, Harris Corp., and Oracle Consulting to pursue the $1.5 billion Air Force ISC2 contract.
  • The contract involves integrating approximately 40 air, space, and missile-defense command-and-control systems, providing a common global battlefield picture.
  • The team will assume total systems performance responsibility for re-engineering and re-architecting the air, space, and missile C2 systems, including new mission capabilities.
  • The contractor will be responsible for migrating numerous existing systems to the new architecture and sustaining/maintaining the system for the life of the contract.
  • The contract, valued at over $100 million per year for up to 15 years, will be sponsored by the Air Force Space Command in Colorado Springs, Colo.
  • TRW Inc. intends to bid as prime contractor, with its teammates as major subcontractors.
  • The Air Force Space Command is sponsoring the joint services program, acquired by Air Force Materiel Command/Electronic Systems Center.

Statistics:

  • Contract value: up to $1.5 billion
  • Annual contract value: over $100 million
  • Duration: up to 15 years
  • Number of systems to integrate: approximately 40
  • Systems to migrate to new architecture: numerous
  • Sales of TRW Inc. in 1998: approximately $12 billion

Sources:

  • TRW Inc.
  • ITT Industries
  • SAIC
  • IBM
  • Harris Corp.
  • Oracle Consulting
  • Air Force Space Command
  • Air Force Materiel Command/Electronic Systems Center