WASHINGTON (June 15, 2015)—The U.S. Department of Defense recently announced the following contract awards that pertain to local Navy activities.
General Atomics, San Diego, California, is being awarded a $737,000,000 not-to-exceed modification to a previously awarded undefinitized contract action (N00019-14-C-0037) for the procurement of one each Advanced Arresting Gear (AAG) and Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System (EMALS) shipset in support of the CVN 79. This modification will provide for the manufacture, assembly, inspection, test and checkout of the EMALS and AAG delivered systems onboard the CVN 79 aircraft carrier, as well as non-recurring engineering, installation and checkout spares, repairs, technical data, and drawing changes. Work will be performed in San Diego, California (45 percent); Tupelo, Mississippi (26 percent); Mankato, Minnesota (9 percent); Cincinnati, Ohio (6 percent); Waltham, Massachusetts (6 percent); San Leandro, California (3 percent); New Milford, Connecticut (2 percent); Green Bay, Wisconsin (1 percent); Cameron, Texas (1 percent); and Aston, Pennsylvania (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2022. Fiscal 2015 shipbuilding conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $162,100,000 are being obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., San Diego, California, is being awarded a $39,050,000 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-08-C-0023) for the correction of deficiencies to the current air-to-air radar subsystem design and to demonstrate that radar technology, performance, and manufacturing risks have been effectively mitigated for the MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system. Work will be performed in Rancho Bernardo, California, and is expected to be completed in December 2016. Fiscal 2015 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $10,000,000 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Connecticut, is being awarded a $38,838,189 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N00019-06-C-0081) for the procurement of critical parts and associated support for two CH-53K system demonstration test article aircraft. The critical parts include forgings, castings, cores, beams, blocks for assemblies, frames, skins, spars and fitting assemblies. Work will be performed in Stratford, Connecticut (16 percent); Salt Lake City, Utah (12 percent); Bridgeport, West Virginia (12 percent); Wichita, Kansas (9 percent); Longueil, Quebec, Canada (8 percent); Cudahy, Wisconsin (8 percent); St. Louis, Missouri (6 percent); Redmond, Washington (5 percent); Irvine, California (4 percent); Los Angeles, California (3 percent); Windsor Locks, Connecticut (3 percent); Ft. Walton Beach, Florida (2 percent); Jackson, Mississippi (2 percent); Titchfield, Hampshire, United Kingdom (1 percent); Creston, Iowa (1 percent); San Diego, California (1 percent); Downers Grove, Illinois (1 percent); Paramount, California (1 percent); South Gate, California (1 percent); Phoenix, Arizona (1 percent); Cheshire, Connecticut (1 percent); and various locations within the continental U.S. (2 percent). The work is expected to be completed in December 2018. No funds are being obligated at time of award. No funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
L-3 Communications, Communication SystemsWest, Salt Lake City, Utah, is being awarded a $10,077,336 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-12-C-2024) to exercise an option to manufacture, test, manage, and deliver eight AN/SRQ-4 Common Data Link Hawklink systems in support of the MH-60R aircraft. Work will be performed in Salt Lake City, Utah (60 percent); Atlanta, Georgia (14 percent); Mountain View, California (6 percent); Exeter, New Hampshire (2 percent); and Phoenix, Arizona; El Cajon, California; Oxnard, California; Salinas, California; Sunnyvale, California; Boise, Idaho; Derby, Kansas; Littleton, Massachusetts; Stow, Massachusetts; Minnetonka, Minnesota; Skokie, Illinois; Dover, New Hampshire; Bohemia, New York; York Haven, Pennsylvania; Providence, Rhode Island; Cedar Park, Texas; Ft. Worth, Texas; and Toronto, Canada (1 percent each), and is expected to be completed in August 2017. Fiscal 2013, 2014, 2015 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy), and fiscal 2013 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $10,077,336, are being obligated on this award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.