WASHINGTON (April 15, 2015)—The U.S. Department of Defense recently announced the following contract awards that pertain to local Navy activities.
Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas, is being awarded a $150,609,953 fixed-price-incentive (firm target) contract to provide an integrated reprogramming capability to build, test, modify, and field F-35 Lightning II mission data files for Australia and the United Kingdom. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas and is expected to be completed in December 2018. International partner funds in the amount of $150,609,953 are being obligated on this award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This modification combines purchases for the Governments of Australia ($82,885,335; 55 percent) and United Kingdom ($67,724,618; 45 percent). This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1). The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting authority (N00019-15-C-0105).
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Woodland Hills, California, is being awarded an $83,738,954 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for research and development efforts associated with the system improvement of system configuration sets for the AH-1Z and UH-1Y mission computers in support of the U.S. Marine Corps. Efforts include designing, developing, and implementing upgrades to existing mission computer software and ancillary hardware and/or improved functionality and obsolescence management of the mission computer. Work will be performed in Woodland Hills, California (80 percent); Salt Lake City, Utah (15 percent) and Baltimore, Maryland (5 percent) and is expected to be completed in April 2019. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR.6.302-1. Fiscal 2014 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $150,000 will be obligated at time of award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N68936-15-D-0013).
BAE Systems Technology Solutions & Services, Inc., Rockville, Maryland, is being awarded a $25,518,931 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00421-14-C-0040) for technical and engineering services in support of the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Identification Systems Division and the Governments of Japan and Australia. Work will be performed in St. Inigoes, Maryland (80 percent) and various ship/shore locations (20 percent), and is expected to be completed in March 2016. Fiscal 2011 and 2013 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy); fiscal 2014 and 2015 other procurement (Navy); fiscal 2014 and 2015 research, development, test and evaluation; fiscal 2015 operations and maintenance (Navy); fiscal 2015 working capital funds (Navy); foreign military sales; and private party funding in the amount of $5,641,300 are being obligated at time of award, $144,147 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This modification combines purchase for the U.S. Navy ($23,477,416, 92 percent); Lockheed Martin Corp. via a cCommercial sServices aAgreement ($1,786,325, 7 percent); and the governments of Australia ($153,114, 0.6 percent) and Japan ($102,076, 0.4 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
BAE Systems Information and Electronic Systems Integration Inc., Greenlawn, New York, is being awarded a $26,073,900 modification to a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00019-14-D-0025) to exercise an option for the procurement of up to 250 Mode 5 combined interrogator transponder kits for the Navy and the governments of Finland and Switzerland under the Foreign Military Sales program. This option provides for the procurement of up to 90 APX-111 Identification Friend or Foe, 50 each processors, interrogators, transponders, main chassis, power supplies, and receiver transmitters. In addition, this option provides for the procurement of up to 10 APX-111 repairs and 35 kit installations. Work will be performed in Greenlawn, New York, and is expected to be completed in July 2017. No funds are being obligated at time of award. Funds will be obligated on individual delivery orders as they are issued. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.