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Contract Award: Charles Stark Draper Laboratories Inc. (Cambridge, Massachusetts) – $453,943,849

Charles Stark Draper Laboratories Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, is being awarded a $453,943,849 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00026) against a previously awarded and announced contract (N00030-24-C-6001) for engineering and support services on the Trident (D5) Guidance Subsystem. This requirement is to exercise optional line items for engineering and support services. This modification also benefits a Foreign Military Sale (FMS). Work will be performed in Cambridge, Massachusetts (79%); Pittsfield, Massachusetts (16%); and El Segundo, California (5%). Work is expected to be completed Sept. 30, 2028. Fiscal 2026 Weapons Procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $275,678,677; fiscal 2026 research development test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $6,780,365; and fiscal 2026 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $46,560,681, will be obligated at time of award. FMS funds in the amount of $5,792,764 will also be obligated at time of award. No funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was awarded as a sole-source acquisition pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 3204(c)(1) and was previously synopsized on the System for Award Management (SAM.gov) online portal. Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. 



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