Contract: SAIC, $58.5M

Science Applications International Corp., McLean, Va., is being awarded a $58,485,318 cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-plus-incentive-fee contract. The contractor will perform Phases 2 through 4 of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV) Program. The contractor will design, construct, and demonstrate a prototype ACTUV vessel. The contractor proposed a trimaran platform: key features and innovations for the vessel, sensors, autonomy and software. This design reflects the results of extensive trade studies conducted by Science Applications International in Phase 1 which validated the suitability of a trimaran platform. Long Beach, Miss., will perform 13.4 percent of the work. Other work sites are Arlington, Va. (25.7 percent); Vancouver, Wash. (27.4 percent); Pittsburgh, Pa. (8.9 percent); Glen Burnie, Md. (5.7 percent); Portsmouth, R.I. (5.0 percent); Pasadena, Calif. (4.5 percent); Newport, R.I. (2.6 percent); Melbourne, Fla. (2.4 percent); Bowie, Md. (1.9 percent); Bristol, R.I. (1.7 percent); Gloucester Point, Va. (0.5 percent); and Virginia Beach, Va. (0.4 percent). Work is expected to be completed by Aug. 15, 2015. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 08/15/12)