Lockheed Martin Awarded $40,000,000 for VH Executive Helicopter Program

Lockheed Martin Information & Technology Services, Cherry Hill, N.J., is being awarded a $40,000,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for design, hardware and software development, fabrication, installation and maintenance services in support of VH executive helicopter and associated Naval Air Systems Command Avionics Department (AIR-4.5) programs and laboratories. Work will be performed in Cherry Hill, N.J. (90 percent) and at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md. (10 percent) and is expected to be completed in June 2010. This contract was competitively procured under an electronic request for proposals; 17 firms were solicited and two offers were received. 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 (N00421-05-D-0054).