I saw this in Pacific Flyer magazine and thought it might be what goes
in the new hangar. However, it sounds like the Scan Eagle is what will
fill this contract, which is a runt of an UAV.

Tell ya what. I'll report, you decide. ;-)
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s=opportunity&mode=form&id=8d189327735180fa191d3aac84527e86&tab=core&_cview=1&cck=1&au=&ck=>
or
<http://tinyurl.com/lalbhh>


Solicitation Number:
H92222-09-R-0011
Notice Type:
Award
Contract Award Date:
April 28, 2009
Contract Award Number:

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H92222-09-D-0015
Contract Award Dollar Amount:
Not To Exceed $250,000,000
Contractor Awarded Name:
McDonnell Douglas Corporation, A Wholly Owned Subsidiary of The Boeing
Company
Contractor Awarded Address:
P.O. Box 516
6200 JS McDonnell Blvd

Saint Louis, Missouri 63134
United States


Solicitation Notice for Mid-Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS)
Intelligence Gathering, Target Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR)
Services

 Synopsis:
Added: Dec 22, 2008 3:16 pm

US Special Operations Command has a requirement for world-wide Mid-
Endurance Unmanned Aircraft Systems (MEUAS) Intelligence Gathering,
Target Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Services. Full and open
competition procedures are planned contemplating award of multiple
five-year Indefinite Delivery-Indefinite Quantity (ID/IQ) contracts. A
draft RFP is being posted to seek industry feedback prior to
finalizing the RFP. Questions, comments, issues, suggestions and
recommended changes should be submitted as soon as possible but no
later 8 January 2009. All correspondence relating to this draft RFP
shall be submitted electronically to Dianne.Ohlandt@socom.mil with an
information copy to Frederick.Marsh@ socom.mil. Explicit Access is
required for the draft RFP and other documents related to this
acquisition. Contractors should be registered in the Central
Contractor's Registration (CCR) database before requesting access (go
to www.ccr.gov to register). You need to be logged into FedBizOpps to
request Explicit Access and will also need to be logged in to view
documents when Explicit Access is granted. At the top of our notice
you will see 3 tabs: Notice Details, Packages, Interested Vendor List.
The FedBizOpps Vendor User Guide indicates that when you select the
Packages tab, there will be a button to request explicit access. This
RFP relates to RFI F2VUB-09-RFI-dco1 posted on 7 November 2008. This
requirement is being solicited under NAICS 541330 with a Small
Business Size Standard of $25.0 Million. Release of the formal RFP is
anticipated in January 2009 with award by early April 2009.
Added: Jan 23, 2009 4:11 pm Modified: Feb 13, 2009 2:09 pmTrack
Changes

Formal RFP is released 23 January 2009. Proposals are due by 1400
Eastern Standard Time on 23 February 2009.
Added: Jan 27, 2009 1:03 pm

USSOCOM Directive 350-9 referenced in the Performance Work Statement
is posted for review.  Disclosure of this document and all other
documents related to this solicitation is governed by SOFARS
5652.204-9003 which is included in Section I of the RFP.
Added: May 06, 2009 1:41 pm

McDonnell Douglas Corporation, a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Boeing
Company, St. Louis, Missouri, 63166-0516, is awarded an indefinite
delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract with a maximum value of
$250,000,000 with a maximum ordering period of five years, for Mid
Endurance Unmanned Aircraft System (MEUAS) Information Gathering,
Target Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) Services in support of
the U.S. Special Operations Command.  All items are awarded.  The work
will be performed in St. Louis, Missouri and other locations as
ordered. The contract number is H92222-09-D-0015.

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<http://www.deagel.com/news/US-Special-Operations-Forces-Selects-
ScanEagle-as-Mid-Endurance-Unmanned-Aircraft-System_n000006095.aspx>

or

<http://tinyurl.com/l42bfc>

Boeing Wins $250M Special Ops Contract for ScanEagle ISR Services

ST. LOUIS, May 22, 2009 � Boeing [NYSE: BA] announced today that it
recently received a contract from U.S. Special Operations Command
(SOCOM) for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR)
services using the ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system (UAS). The
contract has a potential value of $250 million.

Under the new agreement, Boeing and its subsidiary Insitu Inc. will
operate, maintain and support ScanEagle systems for the Special
Operations Forces Mid Endurance Unmanned Aircraft System (MEUAS)
program for the next five years.

"This award is the result of a solution and a team that give
warfighters what they need, leveraging our Small Tactical Unmanned
Aerial System (STUAS) Center of Excellence for production, training,
flight operations and logistics," said Steve Sliwa, president and CEO
of Insitu. "We will also take the opportunity provided by this
contract to deliver new, advanced capabilities from our existing
development and production facilities here at Insitu."

The ScanEagle team has been providing ISR services to customers since
2004, including Joint Forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. Teams aboard
U.S. Navy ships have supported recent successes in actions against
piracy off Somalia. In April, a Boeing/Insitu team aboard the USS
Bainbridge assisted the Navy in the rescue of the captain of U.S.-
flagged ship Maersk-Alabama. The team sent a ScanEagle on missions to
provide imagery of the lifeboat in which the captain was being held
hostage.

"Our team's successful past performance on service contracts was a key
element of our MEUAS contract win," said Greg Deiter, vice president
of Boeing Defense & Government Services. "The customer is buying what
they have come to expect from Boeing � reliable, dedicated service."

The long-endurance, fully autonomous ScanEagle UAS carries inertially
stabilized electro-optical and infrared cameras that allow the
operator to track both stationary and moving targets. Capable of
flying above 16,000 feet and loitering nearly invisibly and inaudibly
over the battlefield for more than 24 hours, the platform provides
persistent low-altitude ISR. It has been credited with saving numerous
lives during its six-year tour of duty.

ScanEagle is launched autonomously from a pneumatic SuperWedge
catapult launcher and flies either preprogrammed or operator-initiated
missions. The Insitu-patented SkyHook system is used to retrieve the
UAS, capturing it by way of a rope suspended from a 50-foot-high mast.
The system makes ScanEagle runway-independent and minimizes its impact
on shipboard operations, similar to a vertical-takeoff-and-landing
vehicle.


CEO - Chief Executive Officer
ISR - Itelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
MEUAS - Mid Endurance Unmanned Aircraft System
SOCOM - U.S. Army and Special Operations Command
STUAS - Small Tactical Unmanned Aircraft System
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