NAVY
(Defenselink -- 18
January 2007)
Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Integrated Systems Western Region, El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $28,659,473 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract
(N00019-06-C-0080) to exercise an option for 32 shipsets of Center Barrel Replacement Plus
(CBR+) hardware for the U.S. Navy (23) and the Royal Australian Air Force (9) in support of
the Service Life Extension Program for the F/A-18A/B/C/D aircraft. Work will be performed in
El Segundo, Calif. (83 percent); Amityville, N.Y. (12.11 percent); and Ravenswood, W.Va.
(4.89 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2009. Contract funds will not
expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy ($19,973,529; 70%) and the Government of Australia ($8,685,944; 30%) under the
Foreign Military Sales Program. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River Md., is the
contracting activity.