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Contract Award: Laurel Technologies Partnership (Johnstown, Pennsylvania) – $19,463,056

Laurel Technologies Partnership, Johnstown, Pennsylvania, is awarded a $19,463,056 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract (N6339422C0003) to exercise options for the manufacture, assembly, test, and delivery of MK 41 Vertical Launching System Launch Control Unit MK 235 Mod 17, Mod 18, and associated maintenance assistance module, onboard repair part, and installation and checkout components kits. This contract combines purchases for the Navy (44%); and the governments of Australia (32%), Denmark (12%), Germany (5%), Japan (4%), and Norway (3%), under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. Work will be performed in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, and is expected to be completed by September 2026. FMS (Australia) funds in the amount of $6,245,628 (32%); fiscal 2025 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $3,381,925 (17%); FMS (Denmark) funds in the amount of $2,293,283 (12%); fiscal 2025 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $2,140,226 (11%); fiscal 2024 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,392,670 (7%); fiscal 2024 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $903,060 (5%); FMS (Germany) funds in the amount of $900,550 (5%); FMS (Japan) funds in the amount of $827,174 (4%); fiscal 2025 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $827,174 (4%); and FMS (Norway) funds in the amount of $551,366 (3%), will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division, Port Hueneme, California, is the contracting activity.



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