Oviedo firm Shock Stream Technologies is in the big leagues now. The simulation hardware firm had been subcontracting on government jobs since 2016, but once it created a joint venture with Phoenix Defense, it won a $307.2 million U.S. Army contract.
"We teamed up with the current incumbent Phoenix Defense — the company that previously was executing on similar military contracts," said Shock Stream President Derrick Sines. "The combination of our agility and their large business capabilities allowed us to get this."
Phoenix Defense is based in Orlando and has offices in Research Park. Shock Stream is the lead on the project.
The work will include software development, design, integration, testing, fielding, installation, management and documentation. The planned completion date for the projects scoped in the contract is Feb. 1, 2031, according to a Department of Defense announcement.
"Basically, the contract is for all the hardware and configuration that hosts a large constructive simulation," said Sines. "I would say we're in a large hardware procurement installation project."
He directed Orlando Inno to the website for the training simulation product his team will be managing for the Army. The simulated environment will replicate land-based sites where Army warfighters at all levels need training to perform optimally in combat.
Sines said he previously had 21 staffers and added three when this contract came through. Further, he said he'll hire five to 10 more. Sines typically hires local people, he said.
Before starting up Sock Stream, Sines spent five years with Lockheed Martin and then in 2005 launched Riptide, a business intelligence software platform for IT professionals that connects Salesforce data with other tools.
Sines has a master's degree in computer science from the University of Central Florida, and a bachelor's in computer and information sciences from the University of Florida.
Federal contracts are big business in Central Florida. Some local firms that recently have won government contracts include:
- Government contractor IAP-ECC LLC based in Cape Canaveral is one of five companies to benefit from a substantial Department of Defense contract extension with a fresh infusion on Oct. 11 of $98 million that ups the total of a previously awarded U.S. Navy contract to $1.097 billion.
- Merritt Island-headquartered Craig Technologies is a subcontractor for a NASA contract worth as much as $1.93 billion to support the International Space Station and future human spaceflight programs.
- Orlando-based AVT Simulation and C2 Technologies linked up to form ATSP Joint Venture and win a piece of a $32.5 billion, multi-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract from the U.S. Air Force.
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