Contract Award: Communications and Power Industries Microwave Power Tube Division (Palo Alto, California) – $13,686,480

Communications and Power Industries, Microwave Power Tube Division, Palo Alto, California, is being awarded a $13,686,480 firm-fixed-price requirements contract for the procurement of simplified drive traveling wave tubes in support of the AEGIS Combat System. The contract does not include an option provision. All work will be performed in Palo Alto, California, and is expected to be completed by October 2026. Navy working capital funds in the full amount of $13,686,480 will be obligated at time of award, and funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. One company was solicited for this sole-source requirement under authority 10 U.S. Code 3204 (a)(1) with one offer received. Naval Supply Systems Command Weapon Systems Support, Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, is the contracting activity (N00104-24-C-DA23).