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Naval Surface Warfare Center Support
            TSC received $450K of incremental funding on its Seaport-e contract to continue providing engineering services to Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane, IN Microwave Division. 


Operationally Responsive Space (ORS)
        TSC was awarded a Task Order with $225K ceiling and $68K of initial funding to provide continued support to the DoD Operationally Responsive Space (ORS) Office, located at Kirtland AFB in Albuquerque, NM.  TSC’s current efforts are focused on helping the ORS office define and create the overall ORS modular open service architecture and preparing to integrate that architecture with those from the recently awarded Rapid Response Space Works and Modular Space Vehicle programs. 

        TSC also supports ORS Office efforts to integrate appropriate open standards (e.g. ISO, AIAA, etc.) into these architectures and is leveraging other efforts for the Air Force Research Laboratory, Space Vehicles Directorate and the Naval Research Laboratory to help identify options for integrating the Satellite Plug-n-Play Architecture into ORS architectures and requirements.

Production Funding
        TSC’s subsidiary, PIVC in Huntsville, AL, received two new orders from GATR Technologies totaling $60,500 for the manufacture and test of 25 Automatic Inflation Units and 42 Manual Inflation Units Generation II to support the inflatable antenna program.  These are follow-on requirements after the successful delivery of the initial builds that PIVC manufactured.  Paul Gierow, GATR Technologies CEO, commented that PIVC’s support is a critical element in the overall success of their product and will remain an integral part of the forward looking business model. 

TSC Helping to Save Lives in Afghanistan
            TSC supports the development, flight operations, and performance assessment of several Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS) currently deployed to forward operating bases in Afghanistan for the Air Force Research Laboratory Rapid Reaction Office (AFRL CP-3).  These UAS’s provide route clearance support for military traffic between these Bases and where deadly improvised explosive devices are routinely used.  Recently, the US Army awarded Bronze Stars to two AFRL CP-3 officers, Maj. Nathan Klatt and Capt. Aaron Capizzi in recognition of the number of lives saved by the operation of the UAS while under their successive commands.  In direct support of these efforts, TSC’s Jeff Wagener and Caleb Bisset of our Washington Operations were instrumental in keeping the UAS’s operating in the theater and in increasing the reliability and operational readiness of the system.  TSC is very proud to be associated with this successful effort to counter improvised explosive devices and of Jeff and Caleb’s contribution in saving the lives of our service men and women in Afghanistan.

US Army Fuel Distribution System Planning
            TSC received a $520K plus-up on a Phase II SBIR contract from the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) from their Quick Reaction Initiative Program to match funding from the Army’s Tank-automotive and Armaments Command.  TSC is enhancing software to plan and implement assault hoselines to support rapid theater fuel distribution.  This hoseline planning accounts for fluid hydraulics, equipment characteristics and Army doctrine as well as various battlespace constraints – including terrain, weather and the risk of insurgent attack. 

Unmanned Aerial System (UAS) Flight Demonstration
            TSC received a $1.4M contract award from the Air Force Research Laboratory Rapid Reaction Office (AFRL CP-3) to lead the development and the flight demonstration of the Sea Dragon unmanned aerial system (UAS) for maritime domain awareness needs for US Pacific Command and several coalition nations in the Pacific region.  Leveraging parallel efforts for AFRL CP-3, the Sea Dragon will fly at high altitude for more than 24 hours and employ an advanced wide-area Synthetic Aperture Radar, electro-optical system, cooperative vessel identification system, real-time on-board data processor, and a Satellite Communication link for the detection of maritime vessels illegally operating in each nation’s exclusive economic zone. 
            TSC is responsible for overall Sea Dragon mission performance, sensor payload design, vessel detection algorithms, and flight testing based on AeroMech Engineering’s Fury B UAV.  TSC developed the novel wide-area Synthetic Aperture Radar payload concept being developed by First RF and Artemis under a separate contract.  TSC will be supporting flight testing of the Fury B at Camp Roberts, CA as part of a 12-month flight test effort including demonstrations in Hawaii, Australia, and the Philippines.  After successful demonstration of vessel detection performance, US Pacific Command, the US Coast Guard and several Pacific island nations plan to buy and operate the UASs throughout the Pacific region.

Marine Corps Network Operations
TSC won a three-year, $8.1M US Marine Corps Systems Command CEOss contract to support the Marine Corps Network Operations and Security Center (MCNOSC) for Enterprise Service Design. MCNOSC directs global network operations and defense of the Marine Corps Enterprise Network and provides technical leadership to facilitate seamless information exchange in support of Marine and Joint Forces Operating worldwide. This effort will to provide a wide range of engineering, design analysis, and technical management services supporting the consolidation of network and IT infrastructure to create a more effective and responsive Net-Centric environment.  This work will enable the Marine Corps’ regionalization efforts; implement robust network operations; instill high availability, continuity, and disaster recovery; and position the Marine Corps to field enterprise IT services. 

TSC is the Prime contractor for this effort with Smartronix, Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) and Web Based Solutions, Inc. (WBSI) as subcontractors.

TRACER Exploitation System
TSC was awarded a $1.6M contract to develop a Tactical Reconnaissance and Counter-Concealment Enabled Radar (TRACER) Exploitation System for the US Army. TRACER is a foliage penetrating VHF/UHF system that performs rapid, wide-area mapping with real-time processing. We will implement software to perform SAR image formation on a ground processor selected by the Army; and will then integrate change detection and several other image processing algorithms into a graphical user interface that will be used by analysts to identify target threats.

Microwave Engineering
TSC received of incremental funding of $1.6M of incremental funding on two Seaport-e contracts from the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division, IN to continue providing engineering services to NSWC Crane Microwave Division and to continue support of the AEGIS, MK666, and Stewardship programs. 

Light Weight Counter Mortar Radar Live Fire Test Simulator (LFTS)
TSC was awarded a $1.2M contract for upgrades and engineering support for the Live Fire Test Simulator at the U.S. Army’s Tobyhanna Army Depot, PA.  The upgrades include the development of a new antenna array and upgraded electronics to support testing of the Army’s AN/TPQ-48/49/50 Lightweight Counter Mortar Radars (LCMR).   When completed, weapon trajectory simulation will be expanded to include rockets and artillery in addition to mortars.

The LFTS was officially accepted by the Army in 2008 and has since served as the basis for acceptance testing of all new and repaired LCMR systems.  The LFTS allows the Army to make these highly regarded radars more readily available to support our troops while saving up to $25,000 per radar when compared to live fire testing. The award is part of a planned two-year $3.6M effort that continues our involvement in this highly successful program that has resulted in over $8M of funding for TSC since 2006.

Program Executive Office for Integrated Warfare Systems (PEO IWS) Support
Incremental funding of $800K was received in October to continue TSC’s support for PEO IWS 2.0 (Above Water Sensors Directorate) which includes providing technical and programmatic support for the AN/SPY-1, Air & Missile Defense Radar (AMDR), Dual Band Radar (DBR), and Cobra Judy Replacement (CJR) Programs.