29-Sep-2017 Source: US DoD
Lockheed Martin Corp., Missile and Fire Control, Orlando, Florida, is being awarded $10,361,796 for three-year, firm-fixed-price, definitive job order N0016417FJ236 under basic ordering agreement (N00164-16-G-JQ87) for the procurement of test equipment. This test equipment is to be utilized in an upcoming organic depot in support of the Target Sight System (TSS) on the AH-1Z Cobra attack helicopter. The TSS is a large-aperture midwave forward-looking infrared sensor with a laser designator/rangefinder turret. The TSS provides the capability to identify and laser-designate targets at maximum weapon range, significantly enhancing platform survivability and lethality. Work will be performed in Orlando, Florida. The job order will have a period of performance for production and delivery of test equipment through September 2020. Fiscal 2015 and 2016 aircraft procurement (Navy) funding in the cumulative amount of $10,361,796 will be obligated at the time of contract award of which $3,108,538 fiscal 2015 aircraft procurement (Navy) funding will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This job order was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1) – only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane, Indiana, is the contracting activity