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General Dynamics Wins Extra $346.5 Million to Upgrade,
Redesign Virginia Class Submarines – DoD Daily Contracts
Among other services, this addition
will support development studies and design efforts related to the Virginia
class submarine design and design improvements, preliminary and detail
component and system design, integration of system engineering, design
engineering, test engineering, logistics engineering, and production
engineering.
General Dynamics Electric
Boat, Groton, Connecticut, is awarded a $346,500,311 cost-plus-fixed-fee
modification to previously awarded contract N00024-16-C-2111 for fiscal 2019
lead yard support and development studies and design efforts for Virginia class
submarines. This lead yard support will maintain, update, and
support the Virginia class design and related drawings and data for each
Virginia class Submarine, including technology insertion, throughout its
construction and post shakedown availability period. The contractor will also
provide all engineering and related lead yard support necessary for direct
maintenance and support of Virginia class ship specifications. In
addition, this contract modification provides development studies and design
efforts related to the Virginia class submarine design and design improvements,
preliminary and detail component and system design, integration of system
engineering, design engineering, test engineering, logistics engineering, and
production engineering. The contractor will continue development studies and
design efforts related to components and systems to accomplish research and
development tasks and prototypes and engineering development models required to
fully evaluate new technologies to be inserted in succeeding Virginia class
submarines. Work will be performed in Groton, Connecticut (91 percent), Newport
News, Virginia (8 percent); and at other various sites throughout the U.S. (1
percent), and is expected to be completed by September 2019. Fiscal
2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy);
and fiscal 2019 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funding in
the amount of $129,889,865 will be obligated at time of award and no funds will
expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command,
Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity.
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