U.S. NAVY
(Defenselink -- 14 December 2005) Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Sperry Marine, Charlottesville, Va., is being awarded an estimated $10,697,315 firm-fixed-price letter contract for Ring Laser Gyro Navigators (RLGNs) and Ring Laser Gyrocompasses (RLG). The RLGN is the current generation of inertial navigation systems, and the RLG is the current generation of gyrocompasses on board ship and submarines. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy (50 percent) and the Governments of Japan (25 percent) and Australia (25 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. Work will be performed in Charlottesville, Va., and is expected to be completed by March 2007. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-06-C-4001).