The Army plans to award a contract next year to reset and maintain systems of moored, intelligence-gathering blimps previously used to protect bases during the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan. In a July 20 solicitation, the service asked for sources "capable of providing materials and support services" to 66 Persistent Threat Detection Systems (PTDS), to be used in the continental United States and elsewhere. The contract would include program management, engineering services, repair parts, spares procurement, maintenance, training, test and...
