AUSTRALIA, DENMARK, SAUDI ARABIA, AND U.S. MH-60R/S HELICOPTERS TO GET COMPUTER UPGRADES
PATUXENT RIVER, Md. -- The U.S. Navy, on behalf of itself and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers, Australia, Denmark, and Saudi Arabia, awarded Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems of Owego, New York, a $29.6 million firm-fixed-price modification (P00024) to an order (N00019-20-F-0350) under a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N00019-19-G-0029) to exercise options related to computers on board Sikorsky MH-60R/S helicopters. Specifically, the modification allows the procurement of: 228 Generation 3i/5i mission computers (MCs) (210 for the Navy, 11 for the government of Australia, 4 for the government of Saudi Arabia, and 3 for the government of Denmark); 210 Generation 3i/5i flight management computers (FMCs) (196 for the Navy, 9 for the government of Australia, 3 for the government of Denmark, and 2 for the government of Saudi Arabia); 40 aircraft wiring kits; 1,120 Lynx licenses; 4 Gm5i-MCs; and 541 RedHat licenses for the Navy in support of upgrading Generation III, V MCs and Generation VI MCs configuration computers to GEN 3i and 5i MC configuration, as well as Generation III and V FMCs to GEN 3i and 5i FMC configuration.
The contracted work will be performed in Owego, New York (97%) and Clearwater, Florida (3%), and is expected to be completed in March 2026.
The Navy is obligating $27.1 million in Fiscal Year 2023 Aircraft Procurement funds and $2.5 million in FMS customer funds at the time of the award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The U.S. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.
Source: U.S. Department of Defense
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