Contract: DRS, $8.5M

DRS Systems Inc., Melbourne, Fla., is awarded an $8,544,157 cost-plus-incentive-fee, firm-fixed-price, cost modification (P00003) to a previously awarded contract (N0001920C0041). This modification adds scope and exercises an option to provide non-recurring engineering to design, develop, integrate and test engineering development models and production representative models of Weapons Replaceable Assemblies (WRA) for the AN/AAQ-45 Distributed Aperture Infrared Countermeasure system and repair of repairables of WRA assets. Work will be performed in Dallas, Texas (72%); San Diego, Calif. (19%); Fort Walton Beach, Fla. (8%); and Melbourne, Fla. (1%), and is expected to be completed in June 2024. Fiscal 2021 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,928,780 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD, 09/28/21)