WASHINGTON (September 10, 2012)—The U.S. Department of Defense today announced the following contract awards that pertain to local Navy activities.
Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC, Defense Electronics Systems, Woodland Hills, Calif., is being awarded a $70,569,579 firm-fixed-price contract for the full rate production 1 of the Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile. This contract provides for the conversion of U.S. Government furnished AGM-88B High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles into 53 AGM-88E AARGM All-Up Round for the Navy (49) and the Government of Italy (4), 23 Captive Air Training Missile systems for the Navy, and all related supplies and services necessary for manufacturing, sparing, and fleet deployment. Work will be performed in Woodland Hills, Calif. (90 percent); various locations in Italy (8.1 percent); Ridgecrest, Calif. (1.7 percent), and Clearwater, Fla. (.2 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-1. This contract combines purchases for the Navy ($64,967,003; 92.06 percent) and the Government of Italy ($5,602,576; 7.94 percent). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. is the contracting activity (N00019-12-C-0113).
The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., is being awarded an $11,968,510 cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-11-G-0001). This order provides for requirements planning and analysis necessary to identify Production Transition Support for the F/A-18 E/F and E/A-18G aircraft programs. Work will be performed in St. Louis, Mo., and is expected to be completed in May 2013. 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.
Rolls Royce Corp., Indianapolis, Ind., is being awarded a $9,706,560 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-09-D-0020) to meet increased requirements for power by the hour-per engine flight hours in support of the KC-130J aircraft. Work will be performed in Cherry Point, N.C., and is expected to be completed in February 2013. Contract funds in the amount of $9,706,560 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.