The Institute for Defense Analyses

Defense Daily, March 5, 1996

Alexandria, Va., $25.4 million modification to a cost plus fixed fee contract. Task orders will be directed to individual issues of urgent, near-term and long-term interest in the planning and management of defense and national security related programs. Projects will be related to application of science and technology in national security matters; exploration of issues in defense systems research and development; computer and software engineering; evaluation of military systems in development or proposed, and of military forces using those systems; analysis of manpower, readiness, and support issues; research into the costs of military systems, personnel, and activities; research in strategy, military planning, international security, and related defense policy management; assessment of worldwide, regional, and local balances of power and stability and the factors affecting them, including their technical, economic, and military aspects; and operational evaluation and analyses of systems, forces, and military organizations in tests, wargames, field operations, and actual combat.

The contracting activity is the Defense Supply Service-Washington, Washington, D.C. (DASW01-94-C-0054) [03-01-96].