The Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Keyport, Wash., has awarded DRS Laurel Technologies a $171.1-million contract to install Technology Insertion Hardware (TIH) in future Ohio-replacement submarines and current Ohio-class SSBNs, along with other subs, according to a Sept. 29 Defense Department announcement. Under the fixed-price-incentive, cost-plus-incentive fee, cost-plus-fixed fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, DRS will develop TIH, the latest generation of display, processor and network requirements for combat control and sonar systems for U.S. Navy submarines. This contract also includes a $213.2-million option, with 94.2 percent of the option money coming from the U.S. Navy and 5.8 percent coming from the Australian government under the Foreign Military Sales program. Work is expected to be completed by September 2019. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.
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