UUV contract work for Gulfport

Seemann Composites Inc. of Gulfport, Miss., was awarded a $9,098,364 Navy contract for an effort titled “Materials and Manufacturing Technologies for Unmanned Underwater Vehicles.” Work will be performed in Gulfport and is expected to be completed Sept. 15, 2020. FY 2016 research, development, test and evaluation in the amount of $50,000 will be obligated at the time of award; and will expire Sept. 30. This contract was competitively procured under the Office of Naval Research long-range broad agency announcement (BAA) 16-001 of Sept. 30, 2015. Since proposals will be received throughout the year under the BAA, the number of proposals received in response to the solicitation is unknown. Office of Naval Research in Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Source: DOD, 03/28/17)