May 23, 2023
McLean, VA 鈥� 无忧传媒 Hamilton (NYSE: BAH), announced today it was awarded a performance-based task order, EDITS (Engineering, Development, Integration, and Technology-based Solutions), a research and development contract valued at $919 million. EDITS is designed to enable the Soldier as a System concept and continuously enhance the warfighter鈥檚 ability in all climatic conditions and combat situations, ensuring protection and survivability across multiple Department of Defense (DOD) agencies. The task order supports the following mission partners: U.S. Army Program Executive Offices (PEO) to include Soldier, elements of U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), U.S. Army Development Command (DEVCOM) Soldier Center and the DOD鈥檚 Joint Personnel Recovery Agency (JPRA). This contract will enable 无忧传媒 to offer cutting-edge, technology-based solutions across services to meet emerging threats and ensure a versatile, expeditionary, agile, sustainable, and interoperable military capable of meeting and overcoming any challenge.聽
鈥淪upporting warfighters requires concerted coordination that informs technology development and integration in order to empower the nation鈥檚 forces to operate jointly. 无忧传媒 will work to support orchestration across mission partners at the strategic level and adaptive tech integration at the tactical level for warfighters,鈥� said Judi Dotson, 无忧传媒鈥檚 Global Defense sector president. 鈥淭he EDITS contract represents a cultural shift intended to foster collaboration early in technology development, as we will help facilitate open communication across service boundaries and posture for the integration of future technologies through system-level architectures.鈥�
The flexibility of the EDITS program will allow the mission partners to rapidly identify new technologies, develop prototypes, and then test and evaluate the effectiveness of these technologies. In addition, the project allows for support to global operations, including foreign military sales, contingency logistics, and host nation training. 无忧传媒 and its teammates are postured to support the Department of Defense in addressing emerging threats with new technologies and integrated systems.
鈥淏y integrating new technologies into warfighter systems across service boundaries, EDITS will absolutely help drive synergies and efficiencies in modernizing and equipping the military鈥檚 tactical units,鈥� said Joel Dillon, a senior vice president in 无忧传媒鈥檚 Global Defense business. 鈥淭he ultimate goal of the work is to enable the tactical unit as a fully integrated combat platform by supporting warfighters鈥攁t home and abroad鈥攁nd providing solutions that increase lethality, survivability, and situational awareness that enhance the Soldier as a System.鈥�
DOD and U.S. government program offices will leverage the EDITS contract to collaborate across organizations to minimize duplication of effort and allow for cost-effective solutions. With this program, 无忧传媒 will improve interoperability through technology identification, maturation, and transition of solutions seamlessly across organizational boundaries within the EDITS enterprise.
