Joanna Crews
The U.S. Army has announced plans to negotiate a contract for engineering work on a technology platform that soldiers use to detect improvised explosive devices and antitank mines on roads.
A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says the Army intends to enlist a Chemring Group business unit to perform engineering modifications in the military branch’s Husky Mounted Detection System.
The service branch expects to award a sole-source contract to Chemring Sensors and Electronics Systems, formerly called Non-Intrusive Inspection Technology Inc., by the fourth quarter of the government’s 2018 fiscal year 2018.
The contract will have a 28-month base period of performance and an option period of 18 months, according to the notice.
HMDS is designed with a ground penetrating radar that works to help military personnel determine the presence of metallic and non-metallic explosive hazards, IEDs, antitank mines and pressure plates as part of the Combat Engineer’s Route Clearance Mission.
