Applied Physical Sciences Corp., Groton, Conn., is being awarded a $13,523,207 modification to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N66001-11-C-4115) for the development of an anti-submarine warfare surveillance capability that operates at extreme ocean depths to detect submarines.
The exercising of this 13-month option brings the cumulative value of this contract to an estimated $16,368,270.
Work will be performed in Arlington, Va., and is expected to be completed Dec. 8, 2012. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was competitively procured through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency Broad Agency Announcement, number 11-24, published via the Federal Business Opportunities website, with 16 offers received. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity.
[mappress] Source: defense, November 08, 2011; Image: jedchristiansen