The Army has awarded L-3 Technologies [LLL] a five-year, $454 million deal to deliver electro-optic infrared laser designator payloads for the RQ-7Bv2 tactical unmanned aerial system, the Pentagon said Wednesday.
L-3 will be tasked with delivery of the laser payloads, managing qualification and first article testing, and handling logistics and repair support, according to a FedBizOpps notice on the program.
Army officials wrote in the request for proposals that it would only accept non-developmental, mature laser EO/IR/LD payloads for the RQ-7Bv2.
Department of Defense officials said Army Contracting Command received two bids for the work.
L-3 Communications EO/IR Inc., Santa Rosa, Calif., is expected to complete work by August 2023.