U.S. NAVY BUYS 29 CASS UNITS
WASHINGTON - Lockheed Martin Corp., Mission Support and Training, of Orlando, Florida, has been awarded a $78,522,055 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract (N68335-10-C-0225) from the United States Navy for the procurement of 29 electronic Consolidated Automated Support System (eCASS) low rate initial production units.
Systems being procured include: eCASS radio frequency systems (29), self-maintenance and test calibration operational test program sets (14), calibration equipment kits (12), shore installation kits (29), ship installation kits (6), test program sets development suites (5), high power mission equipment kits (MEKs) (7), electro-optic MEKs (21) and production assets (1).
Work will be performed in Orlando, Florida (30 percent); Hunt Valley, Maryland (28 percent); North Reading, Massachusetts (14 percent); Irvine, California (10 percent); San Diego, California (8 percent); Austin, Texas (5 percent); Minneapolis, Minnesota (2 percent); Bohemia, New York (1 percent); Everett, Washington (1 percent) and Woodstock, New York (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in July 2017.
Fiscal 2015 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $78,522,055 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
The U.S. Navy's Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, New Jersey, is the contracting activity.