U.S. NAVY INVESTS IN SUBMARINE COMBAT CONTROL AND SONAR SYSTEMS
WASHINGTON - DRS Laurel Technologies, of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, has been awarded a $90,182,569 modification under fixed-price-incentive, cost-plus-incentive-fee, cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00253-14-D-0004), from the United States Navy, for the development, integration, and production of technology insertion hardware (TIH). TIH is the latest generation of display, processor, and network requirements for combat control and sonar systems for naval submarines. Equipment to be obtained under the contract is used in mission-critical/essential systems on board submarines. Components consist of commercial, off-the-shelf equipment that is uniquely configured for the particular platform and system to satisfy workstation, processor, file server or other network requirements.
This modification brings the cumulative value of the contract to an estimated $474,523,328. The contract combines purchases for the Navy (92 percent); and the governments of Australia (5 percent) and the United Kingdom (3 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales program. Work will be performed in Johnstown, Pennsylvania (92 percent); Burnsville, Minnesota (7 percent); and Manassas, Virginia (1 percent), and is expected to be completed by September 2021.
No funding will be obligated at time of award. Funds will be obligated as individual task and delivery orders are issue.
The U.S. Navy's Naval Undersea Warfare Center Keyport Division, Keyport, Washington, is the contracting activity.