U.S. AIR FORCE
(Defenselink -- 15 February 2006) Rockwell Collins Inc., Government Systems, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded a $58,593,802 firm fixed price and cost plus fixed fee contract modification. This contract modification exercises production options for the purchase of 25,000 Defense Advanced GPS Receivers (DAGRSs) and accessories. The DAGR will provide authorized Department of Defense (DoD) and foreign military sales (FMS) users of GPS User Equipment (UE) a Precise Positioning System (PPS), hand-held, dual-frequency (L1/L2), lightweight receiver (less than one pound) that incorporates the nest generation, tamper-resistant GPS "SAASM" (Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module) security module. The DAGR will serve as a replacement for the Precision Lightweight GPS Receiver (PLGR) in integrated platforms as well as the advanced and basic GPS user. This effort supports foreign military sales to the following: Canada, France, Germany, Korea, Portugal and Hungary. At this time, total funds have been obligated. This work will be complete by April 2007. The Headquarters Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., is the contracting activity (F04701-02-C-0011/P00036).