NAVY
(Defenselink -- 1 November
2006)
BAE
Systems Land & Armaments, L.P., Armament Systems Division, Minneapolis,
Minn., is being awarded an $8,673,627 fixed-price-plus-award-fee modification to
previously awarded contract (N00024-04-C-5454) for procurement of MK 25 MOD 0
canisters, packaging, handling, storage, and transportation equipment,
reconfigurable coding plug assemblies and explosive bolts for Navy and NATO
SeaSparrow Program Office (NSPO) foreign government requirements. MK 25
canisters for the MK 41 Vertical Launching System store, transport in safety,
and enable loading of the evolved SeaSparrow Missile into the MK 41 Vertical
Launching Systems aboard Navy ships. This modification combines efforts for the
Navy (57 percent) and the Governments of Germany (32 percent) and Spain (11
percent) under the foreign military
sales program. Work will be performed in Aberdeen, South Dakota, and is
expected to be completed by December 2008. Contract funds will not expire at the
end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C.,
is the contracting activity.