Navy Adding Support for the Blackjack Unmanned Aircraft Program

Insitu Inc., Bingen, Washington, is being awarded $8,257,640 for modification P00002 to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, cost reimbursable contract (N00019-18-C-1006) to procure additional interim contractor support to include logistics support, training, field service representative support and data reporting in support of the RQ-21A Blackjack Unmanned Aircraft System program. Work will be performed in Yuma, Arizona (26 percent); Cherry Point, North Carolina (24 percent); Camp Pendleton, California (14 percent); Kaneohe Bay, Hawaii (14 percent); San Diego, California (9 percent); Little Creek, Virginia (8 percent); and Bingen, Washington (5 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2020. Fiscal year 2018 procurement (Marine Corps); and FY 2018 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $5,397,716 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.