U.S. NAVY
(Defenselink -- May 16, 2003) L3 Communications, KDI Precision Products Inc., Cincinnati, Ohio, is being awarded a $37,658,113 firm-fixed-priced supply contract for the procurement of 48,774 FMU-139 B/B electronic bomb fuzes for the U.S. Navy (33,320), U.S. Air Force (13,194) and the governments of Egypt (1,050), the Netherlands (700) and Belgium (480), as well as 46,514 FZU-48/B accessory kits for the U.S. Navy (33,320) and U.S. Air Force (13,194) and 33,320 FZU-61/B accessory kits for the U.S. Navy. The FMU-139 B/B fuze is used in the MK-80 series general-purpose bombs that are used on several precision-guided munitions such as Joint Direct Attack Munitions and laser guided bombs. Work will be performed in Cincinnati, Ohio (60%), and Orlando, Fla. (40%), and is expected to be completed in April 2005. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured through a request for proposals. Six firms were solicited, and two offers were received. This contract combines the purchases of the U.S. Navy ($24, 999,996, 66.1%), the U.S. Air Force ($9,899,986, 26%) and the governments of Egypt ($1,298,672, 3.7%), the Netherlands (865,781, 2.5%) and Belgium ($593,678, 1.7%) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-03-C-0350).