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Contract Award: Collins Aerospace (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) – $294,139,940

Collins Aerospace, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is awarded a $294,139,940 modification (P00020) to a previously awarded, firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N0042118D0004).  This modification exercises an option for the procurement of 8,085 AN/ARC-210(v) radios for installation in over 400 strategic and tactical airborne, seaborne and land based (mobile and fixed) platforms for the Navy, Marine Corps, Army, Coast Guard, other government agencies, and Foreign Military Sales customers. Work will be performed in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and is expected to be completed in September 2024. No funds are being obligated at time of award; funds will be obligated on individual delivery orders as they are issued. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.



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