Local Navy Contract Awards


WASHINGTON (July 20, 2009) - The U.S. Department of Defense recently announced the following contract awards that pertain to local Navy activities.

Raytheon Co., El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $41,756,500 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-06-C-0301) for the procurement of 14 full rate production lot six Swiss Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infrared (ATFLIR) Pods and associated spares for the Swiss F/A-18 Program under the Foreign Military Sales Program. Work will be performed in McKinney, Texas (80 percent) and El Segundo, Calif. (20 percent), and is expected to be completed in February 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

Compass Systems, Inc., Lexington Park, Md., is being awarded a $9,238,868 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00421-07-C-0011) to exercise an option for research and development for various Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, Reconnaissance, and Targeting (C4ISR&T) programs, sensors, mission and targeting systems, communication suites, and small aircraft vehicle systems. These efforts are in support of the Roll-On Roll-Off Sensor System for the Contingency Airborne Response (OSSCAR) Program. Work will be performed in Yuma, Ariz. (45 percent), Patuxent River, Md. (30 percent), and Washington, D.C. (25 percent), and is expected to be completed in July 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney, Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a $571,114,320 modification to definitize the previously awarded Joint Strike Fighter (JSF) F-135 Low Rate Initial Production Lot III advance acquisition contract (N00019-08-C-0033) to a cost-plus-incentive-fee/award-fee contract. The modification establishes a final price and fully funds the procurement of seven Air Force Conventional Take Off and Landing (CTOL) Propulsion Systems, one spare main engine, initial spare modules and spare parts; one Royal Netherlands Air Force CTOL propulsion system, one spare main engine, and spare parts; seven U.S. Marine Corps Short Take Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) propulsion systems; initial spare modules and spare parts; two United Kingdom Royal Navy STOVL propulsion systems, one spare main engine, initial spare modules and spare parts. This modification also provides for associated special tooling, special test equipment, production non-recurring effort, autonomic logistics planning and management, sustainment effort, program management, and financial and technical data. Work will be performed in East Hartford, Conn. (73 percent); Bristol, United Kingdom (17 percent); and Indianapolis, Ind. (10 percent), and is expected to be completed in February 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This modification combines purchases for the U.S. Navy ($260,681,734; 46 percent); the U.S. Air Force ($160,279,954; 28 percent); and the Governments of the Netherlands and the United Kingdom ($150,152,632; 26 percent). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. is the contracting activity.

Northrop Grumman Corp., Integrated Systems, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $26,640,000 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00019-05-C-0057) for additional operations and maintenance support for the Global Hawk Maritime Demonstration (GHMD) Program. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed in August 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $26,640,000 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

Bell Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded a $24,500,000 ceiling-priced indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity time and material contract for the development and delivery of safety corrective actions, reliability and maintainability improvements, and quick reaction capability improvements in support of V-22 Osprey missions for the Air Force, Special Operations Command, and the U.S. Marine Corps. Work will be performed in Philadelphia, Pa. (50 percent); Amarillo, Texas (25 percent); and Fort Worth, Texas (25 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-09-D-0004).

Northrop Grumman Corp., Electronic Systems, Defensive Systems Division, Rolling Meadows, Ill., is being awarded a $6,008,825 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-08-G-0012) to perform configuration upgrades to the V22 large aircraft infrared countermeasures, including qualification testing and acceptance test reports. Work will be performed in Rolling Meadows, Ill., and is expected to be completed in June 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. is the contracting activity.

Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $12,803,117 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract to provide the engineering, material and test support for the Joint Multi Effects Warhead System Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD). The JCTD will serve to integrate several warhead technologies onto the Tomahawk Block IV cruise missile, and demonstrate an expanded capability against hard and large area targets using a two-stage warhead design in a "multi-effects" system. Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz., (90 percent) and China Lake, Calif., (10 percent), and is expected to be completed in January 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to the FAR 6.302-1. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-09-C-0062).

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