WASHINGTON (May 23, 2011)—The U.S. Department of Defense recently announced the following contract awards that pertain to local Navy activities.
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Aerospace Systems Unmanned Systems, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $42,000,000 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-07-C-0041) to convert eight Army Vertical Takeoff and Landing Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicles to Navy configuration. Work will be performed in Moss Point, La. (71 percent), and San Diego, Calif. (29 percent), and is expected to be completed in February 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.
Marotta Controls, Inc., Montville, N.J., is being awarded a $14,276,000 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-06-D-0021) to exercise an option for the procurement of up to 400 pure air generating systems for integration into the LAU-7/127 missile launchers. Work will be performed in Montville, N.J., and is expected to be completed in November 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.
Chesapeake Technology International, California, Md., is being awarded a $6,959,645 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N68936-09-D-0017) to provide additional funding for system engineering services for test support, in-service engineering, fleet introduction, installation and checkout, and data requirements in support of the Improved Capability III EA-6B flight simulator and USQ-113 communication jamming and receiver simulation. Work will be performed in California, Md. (50 percent); Cherry Point, N.C. (20 percent); Point Mugu, Calif. (20 percent); China Lake, Calif. (2 percent); Whidbey Island, Wash. (2 percent); Patuxent River, Md. (2 percent); Iwakuni, Japan (2 percent); and Yuma, Ariz. (2 percent). Work is expected to be completed in February 2014. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division, China Lake, Calif., is the contracting activity.