U.S. NAVY
(Defenselink -- 2 June 2004) Alliant Defense Electronics Systems, Inc., Clearwater, Fla. is being awarded a $14,559,386 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-priced contract (N00019-98-C-0006) for the procurement of AAR-47(V)2 sensor upgrade hardware weapons replacement assemblies consisting of 1,204 optical sensor converters with laser warning capabilities for the Marine Corps (592), Navy (40), Air Force (116), and the governments of Jordan (40), Canada (340), and Norway (76); 123 computer processors for the Marine Corps (18), Navy (10), Air Force (29) and the governments of Jordan (10), Canada (37) and Norway (19); 224 control indicators for the Marine Corps (72), Air Force (29), and the governments of Jordon (10), Canada (94) and Norway (19); 149 computer processor kits for the Marine Corps (92) and the government of Canada (57); 50 organizational level missile warning/laser warning test sets for the Marine Corps (39) and the governments of Jordon (2), Canada (1), Norway (2) and Taiwan (6); and 100 retrofit organizational level missile warning/laser warning test sets for the Marine Corps. Work will be performed in Clearwater, Fla. (45 percent); Austin, Texas (40 percent); Hamamatsu City, Japan (9 percent); and Natanya, Israel (6 percent), and is expected to be completed in October 2006. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines the purchases of the Marine Corps ($6,586,493; 45.24 percent), the Air Force ($1,591,216; (9.61 percent), the Navy ($482,227; 4.64 percent) and the governments of Canada ($4,269,044; 29.32 percent); Norway ($1,050,359; 7.21 percent); Jordan ($556,533; 3.82 percent) and Taiwan ($23,514; .16 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.