Rockwell Collins to Provide GPS Software Security

Rockwell Collins Incorporated, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been awarded a $20,022,313 modification (P00017) to FA8807-12-C-0013 for software coding and security on the military Global Positioning System (GPS) user equipment contract. The total cumulative face value of the contract is $50,916,525. The contract modification is to mature the software coding of the GPS receiver cards being developed and perform security certification to enable faster fielding of M-code capable GPS receivers to the warfighter. The Space and Missile Systems Center Contracting Directorate, El Segundo, California, is the contracting activity.