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Contract Award: Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems Inc. (Braintree, Massachusetts) – $23,880,845

Ultra Electronics Ocean Systems Inc., Braintree, Massachusetts, was awarded a $23,880,845 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to previously awarded contract N63394-19-C-0007 for technical and field engineering efforts in support of the Next Generation Surface Search Radar. This contract modification is being awarded under the statutory authority of 15 U.S. Code 638(r)(4). The work will be performed in Chantilly, Virginia (55%); Wake Forest, North Carolina (35%); and Braintree, Massachusetts (10%), and is expected to be completed by May 2024. Fiscal 2023 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $2,915,970 (91%); and fiscal 2021 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $303,537 (9%) will be obligated at time of award, and funds in the amount of $303,537 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity. (Awarded May 19, 2023)

Congress Updates

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Wednesday the Trump administration plans to continue its push for at least $350 billion in defense funds via the reconciliation process “regardless of what happens […]


Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

A small, bipartisan group of senators is backing the Fast Tracking European Investment in Ukraine’s Defense Act, S. 5175, to hasten the export of allied buys of U.S. munitions for […]


Rep. Himes Signals Increased Contractor Oversight, if Democrats Win House

Rep. Jim Himes (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, plans to increase the committee’s contractor oversight if the Democrats win control of the House […]


CBO Estimates Loss of One-Half to Two-Thirds of U.S. Missile Interceptors Since June Last Year

A new Congressional Budget Office report estimates the cost of the Iran war through Aug. 1 as $38 billion and says that the U.S. has likely depleted between one-half and […]