US Coast Guard pays for its SINS-2
The US Coast Guard (USCG) has awarded a contract to FLIR Maritime for the Scalable Integrated Navigation System (SINS)-2 to be installed in over 2,000 coast guard vessels.
The award came from the Coast Guard’s Command, Control and Communications Engineering Center (C3CEN) on 25 January.
The first vessel will be equipped with SINS-2 in summer 2017.
The Firm Fixed Price Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity contract is valued at $50 million with a total period of performance of 10 years with a five-year base with a five-year option.
The SINS-2 system will be installed on 54 different classes of vessel over
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