State Department Cancels UAV RFP | Aero-News Network
Aero-News Network
RSS icon RSS feed
podcast icon MP3 podcast
Subscribe Aero-News e-mail Newsletter Subscribe

Airborne Unlimited -- Most Recent Daily Episodes

Episode Date

Airborne-Monday

Airborne-Tuesday

Airborne-Wednesday Airborne-Thursday

Airborne-Friday

Airborne On YouTube

Airborne-Unlimited-10.28.24

Airborne-NextGen-10.29.24

Airborne-Unlimited-10.30.24

Airborne-Unlimited-10.24.24

Airborne-Unlimited-10.25.24

Tue, Jun 04, 2013

State Department Cancels UAV RFP

Says None Of The Companies In The Competition Met Minimum Requirements

The U.S. State Department has cancelled an RFP it had posted for a contract to produce UAVs for domestic surveillance.

In 2011, the DoS had posted the Request for Proposals for the aircraft to provide real-time air surveillance of fixed installations, proposed movement routes and movement operations, and special events thereby improving security in high threat or potentially high threat environments.

In the RFP, the State department said the UAV program was intended to:

  • Achieve and maintain situational awareness.
  • Automatically generate and disseminate high quality video imaging.
  • Respond to a security incident at locations remote from the core of operations.
  • Disseminate threat information for use in route planning.
  • Receive, view, and analyze in route activity.

In a cancellation notice posted Friday on the Federal Opportunities website, the State Department said it had concluded its evaluation from companies that had submitted proposals,and found that "(n)one of the offerors met the minimum requirements of the Phase 2 UAV Demonstration evaluation for either Tier I or Tier II systems. Therefore, the DOS is hereby cancelling the subject RFP for UAV support services."

The notice said that in the coming weeks, the government plans to closely examine the requirements stipulated in the solicitation with the intent of developing and releasing a new RFP for UAV support services.

FMI: Cancellation Notice

Advertisement

More News

Senator Pushes FAA to Accelerate Rocket Launch Licensing

States That Current Process is Damaging National Aerospace Development US Senator Jerry Morgan is pushing the FAA to speed up the process for rocket launch licensing. He argues tha>[...]

Classic Aero-TV: RJ Gritter - Part of Aviation’s Bright New Future

From 2015 (YouTube Edition): Model Aviator Aims For Full-Scale Career While at the 2015 Indoor Electric RC Festival, referred to as eFest, ANN CEO and Editor-In-Chief, Jim Campbell>[...]

Aero-FAQ: Dave Juwel's Aviation Marketing Stories -- ITBOA BNITBOB

Dave Juwel's Aviation Marketing Stories ITBOA BNITBOB ... what does that mean? It's not gibberish, it's a lengthy acronym for "In The Business Of Aviation ... But Not In The Busine>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Linx (10.27.24)

Aero Linx: Cardinal Flyers Online The Cardinal Flyers Online Web site was created and is maintained by me, Keith Peterson. My wife Debbie and I have owned a 1976 RG since 1985. Wit>[...]

ANN's Daily Aero-Term (10.27.24): Clearance Void If Not Off By (Time)

Clearance Void If Not Off By (Time) Used by ATC to advise an aircraft that the departure release is automatically canceled if takeoff is not made prior to a specified time. The exp>[...]

blog comments powered by Disqus



Advertisement

Advertisement

Podcasts

Advertisement

© 2007 - 2024 Web Development & Design by Pauli Systems, LC