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Contract Award: Collins Aerospace Inc. (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) – $62,000,000

Collins Aerospace Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, was awarded a $62,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide life-cycle contractor support for the Tactical Mission Network, including Common Avionics Architecture System, Avionics Management System, Cockpit Management System, and Contractor Logistics Support for the U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM), Technology Applications Program Office. Fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance funding in the amount of $9,698,399 is being obligated at time of award on the first task order. This contract has one five-year ordering period (total of 60 months) and one six-month option under Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.217-8. The majority of the work will be performed in Fort Campbell, Kentucky. USSOCOM, MacDill Air Force Base, Florida, is the contracting activity.



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