FSI News

In September 2020, the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific awarded Forward Slope, Inc. (FSI) a one-year task order under the Command-and-Control Technology and Experimentation (C2&E) IDIQ to provide Software, Data, IT, Cybersecurity, and Cloud Platform Engineering support for the Naval Operational Business Logistics Enterprise (NOBLE) program sponsored by PMW 150 and PEO MLB.

Awarded 7/16/2020:  Under this Saudi Arabia contract, FSI will provide systems engineering services and in-country sustainment support for CENTCOM Partner Network (CPN) equipment. In support of the Saudi Arabia Armed Forces (SAAF) mission, FSI will also provide training to SAAF personnel. $3.6M

Awarded on 09/30/2020: On behalf of the Malaysia Armed Forces (MAF), PEO C4I awarded FSI with the task of performing a technical refresh and modernization of existing Coastal Surveillance System radar sites and upgrade the Joint Regional Command Center. On 9 sites. The contract award is $10M

Forward Slope Inc. Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Mr. Dale McIntosh, was recently asked in a Senior Professional Forum about the differences between Service Oriented Architectures (SOAs) and Microservice architectures.  In this Whitepaper, Mr. McIntosh explores the differences between these concepts and their impact on the Software Architecture of Naval Enterprise Systems.

Download the whitepaper here.

On 09/30/2020 the Navy’s Program Executive Office for C4I in San Diego, CA awarded Forward Slope, Inc. a Contract for the Installation, Integration and Testing of Maritime Surveillance System (MSS) Equipment at 9 new Azerbaijan in-country sites, and to provide and conduct Maintenance and Operational Training for Azerbaijan State Border Service personnel. The Contract award is for $3.5M.

On September 7, 2020 Forward Slope, Inc. (FSI) was recognized by the San Diego Business Journal’s Best Places to Work San Diego for the ninth consecutive year.

On July 30, 2020, the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific awarded Forward Slope, Inc. (FSI) a three-year task order for $9.4M under the Command and Control Technology and Experimentation (C2&E) IDIQ to provide Software Support Activity (SSA) for the Common Control System (CCS) project under NAVAIR PMA 281. The CCS is designated as the Navy's Unmanned Vehicles (UxV) Control Station Solution for providing software in support of PEO's Unmanned Aviation and Strike Weapons developmental and existing Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS).

On June 10, 2020, the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific awarded Forward Slope, Inc. (FSI) a two-and-a-half-year task order under the Command and Control Technology and Experimentation (C2T&E) IDIQ to provide knowledge and expertise for Command and Control (C2) DevOps practices and principles for NIWC Pacific’s Command and Control and Enterprise Engineering (C2E2) department.

On August 24, 2020, Forward Slope’s Chief Technology Officer (CTO) and Principal, Mr. Dale McIntosh, became the newest member of the Padres Pedal the Cause Board of Directors. The Executive Director, Anne Marbarger said, “the Padres Pedal Board of Directors was thrilled to hear of Dale’s interest and voted swiftly to bring him on board.” Mr. McIntosh will begin serving on the Board during their next board meeting on 21 September.

On June 1, 2020, the Naval Information Warfare Center (NIWC) Pacific awarded Forward Slope, Inc. (FSI) a five-year task order under the Command and Control Technology and Experimentation (C2T&E) IDIQ to provide software development and sustainment of DoD Government Open Source Software (GOSS). Government systems often use GOSS components as critical elements and building blocks for their applications.