Sixteen win $800M R&D contract for counter threat support

Sixteen companies have won spots on an $800 million to support the Army.

The winners are:

• BAE Systems
• Battelle Memorial Institute
• Booz Allen Hamilton
• Bowhead System Management
• ByLight Professional IT Services
• Charles Start Draper Laboratory
• Envistacom LLC
• Exelis
• Georgia Tech Applied Research Corp.
• Hickory Ground Solutions
• Ideal Innovation Inc.
• Janus Research Corp.
• K2 Solutions
• Leidos
• STS International
• WinTec Arrowmaker

Half of the winners are small businesses.

Under the contract, the companies will compete to provide research and development to counteract asymmetrical threats, the Defense Department said in a release.

Work is expected to be completed in September 2020.

All bidders won a spot on this contract, the Defense Department said.