U.S. NAVY
(Defenselink -- 17 March 2005) Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors, Manassas, Va., is being awarded $101,300,000 firm-fixed price, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract for the procurement of 69 USQ-78B P-3C acoustic system upgrade kits, 53 USQ-78B acoustic system retro-fit kits, 7 T-78 acoustic system trainers, 68 CPU-54 cards, 17 plasma programmable entry panels for the U. S. Navy (16) and the Government of Norway (1). In addition, this contract provides for associated engineering services. Work will be performed in Manassas, Va.(57%); Anaheim, Calif. (24%); Hamstead, Md. (15%) and Tazewell, Va. (4%) and is expected to be completed in September 2011. This contract combines purchases for the U. S. Navy (99.97%; $101,265,828) and the Government of Norway (.03%; $34,172) under the Foreign Military Sales program. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-05-D-0018).