Textron SSC contract: $7.2M

Textron Inc. of New Orleans is awarded a $7,261,214 cost-plus-fixed-fee/cost modification to previously-awarded contract (N00024-17-C-2480) for landing craft, air cushion special studies, analysis and reviews under the Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC) program. Work will be performed in New Orleans (80%); Fort Worth, Texas (10%); and Gloucester, U.K. (10%). The SSC program is the functional replacement for the existing fleet of Landing Craft, Air Cushion vehicles, which are nearing the end of their 30-year service life. SSC provides increased performance to handle current and future missions, as well as improvements which will increase craft availability and reduce total ownership cost. Work is expected to be complete by December 2020. FY 2019 Navy shipbuilding and conversion funding in the amount of $1,421,287 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD 04/07/20)