Alliant awarded US DoD contract for JATAS for naval rotary platforms
Alliant Techsystems, Inc., Defense Electronic Systems, Clearwater, Fla., is being awarded a $109,245,120 fixed-price-incentive-fee contract for engineering and manufacturing development for the Joint and Allied Threat Awareness System for Navy and Marine Corps rotary aircraft.
In addition, this provides for the hostile fire indication capability.
Work will be performed in: Nashua, N.H. (40.2 percent); Woodland Hills, Fla. (27.6 percent); Clearwater, Fla. (12.9 percent); Danbury, Conn. (7 percent); Melbourne, Fla. (6.2 percent); Dallas, Texas (6 percent); and other sites in the United States (0.1 percent). Work will be completed in September 2015.
Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured through full and open competition via FAR Part 15; two offers were received.
The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-11-C-0071).
Source: US DoD
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