Contract Award: Collins Aerospace (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) – $48,344,578

Collins Aerospace, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is awarded a not-to-exceed $48,344,578 cost-plus-fixed-fee undefinitized contract. This contract provides developmental design and risk reduction engineering efforts for airborne very low frequency systems modernization in support of Airborne Strategic Command, Control, and Communications Program Office (PMA-271) program capability requirements. This risk reduction effort is to meet requirements for the very low frequency integration into a C-130 aircraft. Specifically, this contract provides non-recurring engineering effort to address size, weight, and power cooling in the components, systems, subsystems, or weapons replaceable assembly, model based systems engineering development, weight reduction analysis, cyber security risk assessment, and logistics analysis. Work will be performed in Richardson, Texas (90%); and Cedar Rapids, Iowa (10%), and is expected to be completed in March 2024. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $7,500,000 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity (N0001922C0045).