WASHINGTON (September 21, 2007) - The U.S. Department of Defense today announced the following contract awards that pertain to local Navy activities.
Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $32,100,000 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-06-C-0086) for procurement of initial spares in support of the fiscal year 2007 Lot IV UH-1Y and AH-1Z aircraft. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas, and is expected to be completed in April 2010. 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.
Pennsylvania State University System, University Park, Pa., is being awarded a $25,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to support the development and transition of electro-optic technology (including fiber optics and photonics) for application in Naval Air Systems Command platforms. Work will be performed in Freeport, Pa., and is expected to be completed in September 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured through a Broad Agency Announcement; one proposal was received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00421-07-D-0020).
L3 Communications TITAN Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $17,132,681 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00421-05-C-0009) to exercise an option for engineering and technical support services and supplies to design, develop, procure, prototype, modify, integrate, test and evaluate, install and provide logistics support for telecommunication and related communication-electronic systems for the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Special Communications Requirements Division. The estimated level of effort for this option is 184,000 man-hours. Work will be performed in Lexington Park, Md. (80 percent) and St. Inigoes, Md. (20 percent), and is expected to be completed in October 2008. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, St. Inigoes, Md., is the contracting activity.