L3/La. sites' MUSV design: $35M

L3 Technologies Inc. of Camden, N.J., is awarded a $34,999,948 fixed-price-incentive-firm-target contract for the detail design and fabrication of a prototype Medium Unmanned Surface Vehicle (MUSV). This contract includes options for up to eight additional MUSVs, logistics packages, engineering support, technical data, and other direct costs, which, if exercised, will bring the cumulative value of this contract to $281,435,446. Work will be performed in Morgan City, La. (72.7%); Arlington, Va. (9.8%); Jeanerette, La. (8.1%); New Orleans (6.6%); Worthington, Ohio (1.7%); Lafayette, La. (0.9 %); and Gautier, Miss. (0.2%), and is expected to be completed by December 2022. If all options are exercised, work will continue through June 2027. Fiscal 2019 and 2020 research, development, test and evaluation funding in the amount of $34,999,948 will be obligated at the time of award, and $29,779,038 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via Federal Business Opportunities (now beta.SAM.gov), and five offers were received. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD 07/13/20)