Author: Jane Edwards|| Date Published: July 31, 2018
The U.S. Navy has awarded 23 companies positions on a potential five-year, $794.5 million contract to support the development and fabrication of unmanned undersea vehicles.
The Defense Departmentsaid Monday the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division received 28 offers for the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that will run through July 2023.
Contractors will vie for task orders to provide research-and-development support and help buy services and materials needed to produce UUV systems.
The cost-plus-fixed-fee, multiple-award contract has a $561.2 million initial value and the service branch will obligate $57,500 at the time of award.
The awardees are:
Aerojet Rocketdyne (NYSE: AJRD)
Alion Science and Technology
American Systems
BAE Systems
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory
Leonardo DRS Power Technology business
General Atomics
General Dynamics (NYSE: GD)
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII)
Hydroid
L3 Technologies (NYSE: LLL)
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT)
Moog (NYSE: MOG.A)
Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC)
Oceaneering
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN)
Rite Solutions
Science Applications International Corp. (NYSE: SAIC)
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