Navy Contracts – July 27, 2011

BAE Systems Electronics, Intelligence & Support, Electronic Solutions, Nashua, N.H., is being awarded a $36,711,988 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-10-C-0069) to exercise an option for the full rate production, lot one, of the Integrated Defensive Electronic Countermeasures AN/ALE-55 subsystems for the F/A-18E/F aircraft, including associated technical support for the Navy, Marine Corps, and the government of Australia.  This contract combines purchases for the Navy/Marine Corps ($26,854,450; 73 percent), and the government of Australia ($9,857,538; 27 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program.  In addition, this option provides for recurring and non-recurring engineering efforts in order to fabricate, assemble, test and deliver the component hardware of the AN/ALE-55 subsystem.  The AN/ALE-55 subsystem consists of an electronic frequency converter (EFC) and a fiber optic towed device (FOTD) round.  This option further provides EFCs and FOTD rounds for the Navy and Marine Corps, and FOTD rounds for the government of Australia.  Work will be performed in Nashua, N.H. (80.6 percent); Mountain View, Calif. (12 percent); and Chelmsford, Essex, United Kingdom (7.4 percent).  Work is expected to be completed in September 2013.  Contract funds in the amount of $142,574 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-10-C-0069).
RDA, Inc.*, Doylestown, Pa., is being awarded a $9,986,704 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research project under Topics N98-035 and N06-011.  The primary objective of this effort is continued development of advanced technology products in the field of undersea warfare research and development, and to transition this technology to the anti-submarine warfare (ASW) fleet.  Applications to be further developed include acoustic and non-acoustic ASW systems, telemetry and recording systems, signal and data processing, algorithm development, mathematical modeling, prototyping, and analysis to predict the performance of the associated ASW systems.  Work will be performed in Doylestown, Pa. (55 percent); Warrenton, Va. (35 percent); Patuxent River, Md. (5 percent); and various testing locations (5 percent) in and outside of the United States.  Work is expected to be completed in July 2013.  Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  This Phase III was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-5.  The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, N.J., is the contracting activity (N68335-11-C-0269).