The U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (CCDC), Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC), and Technical and Engineering Services (TES) in Warren has awarded Virginia’s DCS Corp., which has a facility in Sterling Heights, a five-year, $2.1 billion contract to continue providing technical and engineering support.
Under the contract, which includes two optional one-year ordering periods, DCS will support to GVSC’s In-Service Engineering and Science and Technology missions. This includes technical and engineering services to program and project managers within the Program Executive Office (PEO), ground combat systems, and PEO combat support and combat service support.
It also covers supporting other Department of Defense PM programs to include PM-Transportation Systems, PD-Army Watercraft Systems, PM-Maneuver, Combat Systems, PM-Mounted Armored Vehicles, PM-Vehicle Protection Systems, Joint Light Tactical Vehicle, PM-Light Armor Vehicles, PM-MRAP All-Terrain Vehicle, PM-Self Propelled Howitzer System, PM-Soldier Weapons, PM-Unmanned Ground Vehicles, PM-Mobile Protected Firepower, and PM-Multi-mission Protected Vehicle System.
Within GVSC, DCS will provide engineering services supporting the acquisition and development of manned and unmanned military ground vehicle programs to include survivability systems, ground vehicle robotics, software development, post-production software support, electrical and electronics architectures, high-voltage power electronics, information systems security, mechanical engineering, science and technology, research and development, security engineering, and systems engineering.
“At DCS, we are beyond proud to work every day alongside talented GVSC personnel in developing, testing and fielding ground vehicle technology evolutions,” says Jim Benbow, CEO of DCS. “With this new award, we look forward to building on past accomplishments as we support GVSC and the Army in continuing to advance Warfighter capability on the battlefield well into the future.”
The new contract extends DCS’s 35-year history supporting the GVSC. In 2021, DCS completed the construction of a purpose-built facility in Sterling Heights, situated to support the U.S. Army Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command (TACOM) and CCDC GVSC at the Detroit Arsenal. The facility comprises offices, conference rooms, an engineering laboratory, and vehicle high bay integration space; providing augmentation to support engineering, fabrication, rapid prototyping, and combat vehicle integration.
