U.S. NAVY EXTENDS CONTRACT FOR SHIP WSN-7(V) RING LASER GYRO NAVIGATION PRODUCTION
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. has been awarded $15,750,807 for firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order N00024-19-F-5201on previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract N00024-15-D-5208, from the United States Navy, to exercise a one-year option for the production Ring Laser Gyro Navigation (RLGN) System, provisioned items and associated technical program support of the Navy's WSN-7 navigation system.
The WSN-7(V) RLGN system is a self-contained inertial navigator designed for Navy surface ships.
Work will be performed in Charlottesville, Virginia, and is expected to be completed by July 2021.
Fiscal 2019 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy); and fiscal 2019 and 2018 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funding in the amount of $15,750,807 will be obligated at time of award, and $3,885,984 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
The U.S. Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity.