WASHINGTON (Nov. 17, 2016)—The U.S. Department of Defense recently announced the following contract awards that pertain to local Navy activities or contractors.
Contracts for Nov. 15, 2016
Compass Systems Inc., Lexington Park, Maryland, is being awarded a $9,689,027 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for research, development, and testing of new radar algorithms in support of the APY-10 and APG-79 radars. This effort includes research of emerging technologies including correlation with other sensor systems to improve target identification and classification. Work will be performed in Lexington Park, Maryland, and is expected to be completed in November 2019. Fiscal 2016 research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $50,000 are being obligated at time of award, all of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircrafts Division, Lakehurst, New Jersey, is the contracting activity (N68335-17-C-0109).
Contracts for Nov. 16, 2016
Rockwell Collins Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded $48,120,398 for modification P00056 to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-13-C-0004) to exercise an option to procure and install two very low transmit terminal kits and two Block I kits, with one of each kit being installed on two separate Block E-6B aircraft. This effort includes field support engineering; differences training for operational and maintenance for two aircraft; technology refresh activity, and travel funding in support of E-6B Block full rate production contract. Work will be performed in Richardson, Texas (75 percent); and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma (25 percent), and is expected to be completed in November 2018. Fiscal 2017 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $48,120,398 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.
Bell-Boeing Joint Project Office, Amarillo, Texas, is being awarded $30,523,938 for cost-plus- fixed-fee modification to delivery order 0122 against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-12-G-0006) to provide support services for test planning and execution, flight clearances and technical reviews in support of the MV-22 aircraft. Work will be performed at Patuxent River, Maryland (51.83 percent); Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (26.67 percent); and Fort Worth, Texas (21.5 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2017. Fiscal 2017 aircraft procurement (Navy); and research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $30,523,938 will be obligated at time of award, of which $5,883,285 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.