A couple of interesting military contract awards today:
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Air Combat Systems, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $22,500,000 cost-plus-award-fee contract modification. This action provides for interoperability implementation for global hawk. The interoperability is a complete development on the Global Hawk RQ-4B, which provides critical operational interoperability capabilities required for the start of the initial operational test and evaluation in November 2008. The following interoperability efforts for this action include fielding strategy acceleration sensor data extension functionality, national imagery transmission format compliance issues and software change in the GH Mission Control Element to allow manipulation of the extended tether program data. At this time, $11,250,000 has been obligated. Solicitations began December 2005. This work will be complete by March 2008. Headquarters Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (F33657-01-C-4600/P00158).
General Atomics-Aeronautical Systems Inc., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $14,881,292 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract. This option exercise includes the Predator MQ-1 Unmanned Aircraft System Outside Continental United States program. At this time, total funds have been obligated. This work will be complete by December 2006. Headquarters Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA8620-05-G-3028, order number 001104).
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