--Centralized Controller Industry Day-Hosted by Boeing and SAIC for the Future Combat System (FCS) program

The announcement pertains to a competitive bid opportunity for the Centralized Controller under the Future Combat System (FCS) program, managed by The Boeing Company in partnership with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) as the Lead Systems Integrator (LSI) for the Army. This opportunity involves the design, development, fabrication, integration, testing, modeling and simulation, system demonstration, qualification, and program management of a vehicle-borne, hand-carried device intended to remotely operate both unmanned and manned FCS systems. The bid process is preceded by an Industry Day scheduled for June 28, 2006, which serves as an informational event but is not a formal government solicitation, as it is conducted on behalf of the LSI and not the government itself. Interested parties are directed to contact the designated point of contact, Doug Meyer, Senior Procurement Agent for the FCS Manned Ground Vehicle program, rather than the government contact who posted the announcement. The contracting activity is associated with the US Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center at Detroit Arsenal, Michigan, under the Department of Defense framework, specifically targeting NAICS code 336992 for Military Armored Vehicle, Tank, and Tank Component Manufacturing. Additional details and submission instructions are available through the Boeing website, emphasizing that this is a private sector-led initiative facilitating innovation in advanced military vehicle control technologies.