U.S. Air Force taps Leidos for JMPS engineering services

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U.S. Air Force taps Leidos for JMPS engineering services
by Ryan Maass
Washington (UPI) Dec 9, 2016

Leidos has received a $350 million contract to perform engineering integration services for the U.S. Air Force's Joint Mission Planning System.

Under the contract, the company will provide delivery for the JMPS Mission Planning Environment and JMPS Integrated Build Environments. Work will be performed at two locations including Reston, Va. and Orlando, Fla.

The agreement is comprised of 22 foreign military sales to Australia, Belgium, Canada, Chile, Denmark, Egypt, France, India, Indonesia, Iraq, Jordan, Korea, Morocco, NATO, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, and United Kingdom.

The U.S. Department of Defense expects the work to be complete by Dec. 7, 2020. The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center in Hanscom Air Force Base, Mass. is listed as the contracting activity.

The Joint Mission Planning System, or JMPS, is a Windows-based platform that allows the operator to coordinate mission-planning applications. BAE Systems, Lockheed martin, Northrop Grumman, and Boeing are listed as major contractors for the program.

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