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(Defenselink -- 11 August 2006) Rockwell Collins Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded a $62,589,087 firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed fee contract modification. This contract modification exercises production options for the purchase of 28,054 Defense Advanced GPS Receivers (DAGRs) and accessories. The DAGR will provide authorized Department of Defense and foreign military sales users of Global Positioning System user equipment a precise positioning system, hand-held, dual-frequency (L1/L2), lightweight receiver (less than one pound) that incorporates the next generation, tamper-resistant GPS selective availability anti-spoofing module security module. The DAGR will serve as a replacement for the precision lightweight GPS receiver in integrated platforms as well as for the advanced and basic GPS user. This effort supports foreign military sales to the following: Australia, Bahrain, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom. At this time, total funds have been obligated. This work will complete June 2007. Headquarters Global Positioning Systems Wing, Los Angeles Air Force Base, Calif., is the contracting activity (F04701-02-C-0011/P00043).