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Posted on November 25, 2008

WASHINGTON (Nov. 25, 2008) - The U.S. Department of Defense today announced the following contract awards that pertain to local Navy activities.

Northrop Grumman Guidance and Electronics Co. Inc., Navigation Systems Div., Woodland Hills, Calif., is being awarded a $16,009,084 modification to a previously awarded firm fixed price contract (N00019-08-C-0004) for the production and delivery of AN/UPX-24(V) interrogator sets for the Navy (2) and the government of Australia (3); 1 AN/UPX-24(V) installation and checkout spare for the government of Australia; and 9 AN/UPX-24(V) retrofit kits for the Navy. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed in Sept. 2010. Contract funds in the amount of $925,734 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This modification combines purchases for the Navy ($8,500,260; 53 percent) and the government of Australia ($7,508,824; 47 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

United Technologies Corp., Pratt & Whitney, Military Engines, East Hartford, Conn., is being awarded a $98,894,306 modification to a previously awarded cost plus incentive fee contract (N00019-07-C-0098) to exercise an option for the procurement of one Short Take-Off and Vertical Landing (STOVL) propulsion system, one STOVL initial spare module, initial spare parts, and associated sustainment efforts for the U.S. Navy. In addition, this modification provides for special tooling and test equipment and a low rate initial production proposal and planning effort for the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Navy. Work will be performed in East Hartford, Conn. (70 percent); Bristol, United Kingdom (19 percent); and Indianapolis, Ind. (11 percent) and is expected to be completed in February 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. is the contracting activity.

Lockheed Martin Services, Inc., Greenville, S.C., is being awarded an $11,822,675 not-to-exceed modification to a previously awarded indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract for Special Structural Inspection Kit (SSIK) Revision 7 inspection/ installation on five P-3 aircraft. Work will be performed in Greenville, S.C., and is expected to be completed in June 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-05-D-0013).

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