FLIR awarded contract for support of LCS Sea Star Safire III
FLIR Systems has been awarded a $12.7 million fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract with a five-year ordering period for supplies, repairs and upgrades for the US Navy Littoral Combat Ship's Sea Star SAFIRE III electro-optical sensor system.
Work will be performed in Wilsonville, Oregon, and is expected to be completed by August 2024.
Navy FY2019 operations and maintenance funding amounting to $432,514 was allocated at the time of award and will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
The Naval Surface Warfare Center in Crane, Indiana, is the contracting activity for the work.
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