28 January 2012

USA: General Dynamics contract for Advanced Mission Computers for USA & Australia

Australian F/A-18 Super Hornet
General Dynamics Advanced Information System, Bloomington, Minn., is being awarded a $20,585,146 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-10-C-0014) to exercise an option for the full-rate production of 80 Type 3 Advanced Mission Computers (AMC) for the Navy F/A-18E/F and E/A-18G aircraft.  

In addition, this modification provides for the procurement of three Type-3 AMC spares for the Royal Australian Air Force.  

Work will be performed in Bloomington, Minn. (80 percent), and Albuquerque, N.M. (20 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2012.  

Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.  

This modification combines purchases for the U.S. Navy ($19,912,084; 96 percent) and the government of Australia (4 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program.  

The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.