PC to award LCS computers pact

Panama City, Fla., Naval Surface Warfare Center intends to award a sole source firm fixed-price commercial order to DY4 Inc., (DBA) Curtiss Wright Controls Defense Solutions of Ashburn, Va., to acquire 36 SVME-181-100 single board computers. These computers have been specifically evaluated and tested against Naval Sea Systems Command technical requirements for Littoral Combat Ships' multi-vehicle control system. (Source: FedBizOps, 05/08/14) Panama City NSWC also produces the plug-in, mine-countermeasures warfare package for LCS. Austal USA in Mobile, Ala., builds one of the two variants of LCS for the Navy.