LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, Md. -- The U.S. Navy expects to issue a draft request for proposals (RFP) for its Future Frigate in the middle of fiscal year 2017 and a final RFP in late FY 2017, a program official said Nov. 16.The frigate is being designed now and will be a “takeoff” of the two existing variants of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), said Nidak Sumrean, executive director of the LCS program executive office.“Essentially, what we’re doing is using the same…
R&M Government Services,* Las Cruces, New Mexico, has been awarded a maximum $23,894,784 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-quantity contract for battery compartments. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 3204 (a)(1), as stated in the Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. This…
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Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a Lockheed Martin Co., Stratford, Connecticut, is awarded a not-to-exceed $21,600,000 cost reimbursable undefinitized order (N0001926F1016) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001923G0002). This order provides for instantaneous access to 105% Transient Engine Torque test and…
Amentum Mitie Pacific LLC, Chantilly, Virginia, is awarded an $85,236,794 fixed-price-award-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for base operating support services at Navy Support Facility, Diego Garcia. Work will be performed at Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, and is expected to be…
LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, Md. — The U.S. Navy expects to issue a draft request for proposals (RFP) for its Future Frigate in the middle of fiscal year 2017 and a final RFP in late FY 2017, a program official said Nov. 16.
The frigate is being designed now and will be a “takeoff” of the two existing variants of the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS), said Nidak Sumrean, executive director of the LCS program executive office.
“Essentially, what we’re doing is using the same core seaframes — the Independence and Freedom variants — and we’re enhancing the capability and the lethality by adding systems on there,” Sumrean said at the American Society of Naval Engineers’ Launch and Recovery Symposium.
A contract award for the frigate is slated for 2018 or 2019, and the first of up to 12 frigates is expected to “hit the water” in 2021 or 2022.
The Navy plans to use only one design for the frigate. Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Austal USA are prime contractors for the Freedom and Independence LCS variants, respectively. Freedom has a steel monohull, and Independence has an aluminum trimaran hull.
The Navy has 28 LCSs in service, under construction or under contract and intends to award a block buy for up to 14 more LCSs in FY 2017. Despite a recent series of equipment problems, both LCS variants are proving popular with the Navy fleet, Sumrean said.
“The fleet is asking us to get them out there faster because now they’re seeing the capabilities,” Sumrean told the conference audience. LCS is designed to perform anti-submarine, mine and surface warfare.
R&M Government Services,* Las Cruces, New Mexico, has been awarded a maximum $23,894,784 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-quantity contract for battery compartments. This was a sole-source acquisition using justification 10 U.S. Code 3204 (a)(1), as stated in the Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1. This…
L3Harris Technologies Inc., Clifton, New Jersey, is being awarded $9,571,947 for a firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 74 radio frequency amplifiers in support of Navy F/A-18E/F/G aircraft. The contract does not include an option provision. All work will be…
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., a Lockheed Martin Co., Stratford, Connecticut, is awarded a not-to-exceed $21,600,000 cost reimbursable undefinitized order (N0001926F1016) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement (N0001923G0002). This order provides for instantaneous access to 105% Transient Engine Torque test and…
Amentum Mitie Pacific LLC, Chantilly, Virginia, is awarded an $85,236,794 fixed-price-award-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for base operating support services at Navy Support Facility, Diego Garcia. Work will be performed at Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory, and is expected to be…
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