The best value award of the current contracts is the first step in a series of concept development and assessment activities that will take place in 2020-2022 timeframe. "We are very impressed with the strong industry participation and interest shown for this visionary project and we look forward to the first concept results in the coming months", said Mr Cagatay Soyer, AFSC Project Manager.
High-level concepts proposed by the six contractors will be assessed by NATO to identify the most promising concepts for further development and feasibility analysis in a second competition that will be announced later in 2020.
* The Boeing ABILITI Consortium includes the following companies – Thales (FR), Leonardo (IT), Indra Systems (SP), and Inmarsat (UK); and the L3 Harris Technologies team includes Musketter Solutions Limited (UK), Videns Limited (UK), 3SDL Limited (UK), Synergeticon (DE), Hensoldt Sensors Gmbh (DE), IBM UK Limited (UK), and Deloitte Consulting & Advisory CVBA (BE).