Money Continues to Flow from PAXRVR


Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Integrated Systems, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $24,329,279 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 12 BQM-74E Aerial Targets and 48 Extended Range BQM-74E Aerial Targets. The BQM-74E is a subsonic, subscale, jet-powered aerial target capable of being air launched or surface launched (land or shipboard). The BQM-74E supports Fleet training requirements for gunnery, surface-to-air and air-to-air missiles exercises from fixed sites and during open ocean and deployed remote site operations, both air and land. Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif. (37 percent); Walled Lake, Mich. (22 percent); Elmira, N.Y. (13 percent); Palmdale, Calif. (11 percent); and Mandaree, N.D. (4 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2006. Contract funds in the amount of $317,090 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-05-C-0040).

Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office, Patuxent River, Md., is being awarded a $16,833,583 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-award-fee contract (N00019-93-C-0006) to provide additional funds for the MV-22 Engineering and Manufacturing Development Program. Work will be performed in Fort Worth, Texas (50 percent) and Ridley Park, Pa. (50 percent), and is expected to be completed in October 2005. 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.

Bell-Boeing Joint Program Office, Patuxent River, Md., is being awarded a $10,989,369 cost-plus-award-fee delivery order against a previously awarded basic ordering agreement (N00019-04-G-0007) to provide additional MV/CV-22 common flight test efforts. Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Md., and is expected to be completed in September 2005. 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.

Booz Allen & Hamilton, Inc., McLean, Va., is being awarded an $8,387,384 not-to-exceed modification to exercise an option to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00421-01-C-0241) for technical and engineering services for the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division in support of Department of Defense, NATO, Federal and other sponsor requirements within or outside the Continental United States, for implementation of advanced technologies in design, integration, and test and evaluation. Support to be provided includes life cycles sustainment of tactical and non-tactical systems, decision support systems, commonality requirements and a wide spectrum of technical and engineering services related to emerging technologies, including information assurance and electronic-enterprise-solutions, acquisition support, and program management. The estimated level of effort for this contract is 103,800 man-hours. Work will be performed in Patuxent River, Md. (76 percent); Alexandria, Va. (23 percent); and Lithicum, Md. (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in March 2006. Contract funds in the amount of $46,805 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, St. Inigoes, Md., is the contracting activity.

Raytheon Systems Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $7,165,560 ceiling-priced modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed price contract (N00019-03-C-0003) to convert 414 AIM-9M-2 missiles for the Government of Egypt and for the procurement of 36 Guidance Control Sections and 7 containers for the Czech Republic. Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz., and is expected to be completed in March 2006. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This modification combines purchases for the Government of Egypt ($4,119,300; 57.49 percent) and the Czech Republic ($3,046,260; 42.51 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

Marvin Engineering Co. Inc.*, Inglewood, Calif., is being awarded a $6,294,915 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00421-00-C-0196) to exercise an option for 312 BRU-32B/A Bomb Racks for the F/A-18 E/F. Work will be performed in Inglewood, Calif., and is expected to be completed in December 2007. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

BAE Systems, Nashua, N.H., is being awarded a $6,095,801 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-03-C-0050) to exercise an option for the procurement of five OE-120 Antenna Groups, which are part of shipboard aircraft landing systems. Work will be performed in Nashua, N.H., and is expected to be completed in September 2007. 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.

BAE Systems Technologies Inc., Rockville, Md., is being awarded a $6,687,077 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N00421-01-C-0192) to exercise an option for engineering and technical support for Air Traffic Control and Landing Systems. Work will be performed in St. Inigoes, Md. (88.5 percent) and San Diego, Calif. (11.5 percent), and is expected to be completed in March 2006. Contract funds in the amount of $501,530 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command Aircraft Division, St. Inigoes, Md., is the contracting activity.

Sierra Nevada Corp., Sparks, Nev., is being awarded a $5,015,460 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract (N00421-05-D-0010) to exercise an option for the procurement of 42 radio beacon sets for the AN/SPN245 Radar System. Work will be performed in Lancaster, Pa., and is expected to be completed in December 2005. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.

American Electronics Inc.*, California, Md.; AMEWAS, Inc.*, Calif., Md.; RBC, Inc.*, Alexandria, Va.; and Triton Services, Inc.*, Bowie, Md. are each being awarded $100,000,000 ceiling-priced, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity multiple award contracts to provide engineering and technical services in support of the Naval Air Systems Command’s Avionics Department (AIR-4.5) research, development, integration, analysis, assessment and test and evaluation efforts for avionic sensor systems. Tasks to be performed include technical and engineering services in support of research and development in the following technology areas: Avionics Science and Technology, Network Centric Warfare (NCW), Flight Information Systems, Electronic Warfare (EW) Systems, Radar and Antenna Systems, Electro Optic (EO) and Infrared Systems, Imagery and Video Systems Software Enhancements, Ballistic Missile Defense Surveillance Technology, Airborne Information Processing Systems, Acoustic Systems Special Mission Sensors, Communication Systems, Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) Systems, and Navigations Systems. Each contractor will be provided a fair opportunity to compete for individual task orders. Work awarded under each task order awarded will be performed at individual contractor facilities located in California, Md.; Alexandria, Va.; and Bowie, Md. (20 percent) and at the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md. (80 percent), and is expected to be completed in March 2009. This contract was competitively procured under an electronic request for proposals as a 100 Percent Small Business Set-aside; 4 offers were received. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00421-05-D-0012, N00421-05-D-0013, N00421-05-D-0014, N00421-05-D-0015, respectively).

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