Navy Awards Contract Mod with GE Aviation for H-53E Engine Reliability Program

GE Aviation, Lynn, Massachusetts, is awarded a $9,696,091 modification (P00001) to a cost-plus-fixed-fee order (N00019-19F--2728) against a previously issued basic ordering agreement N00019-16-G-0005. This modification procures non-recurring engineering for the phase two assembly planning effort for the re-start of T-64 engine core production in support of the H-53E Engine Reliability Improvement Program.  Work will be performed in Lynn, Massachusetts (89%); Rutland, Vermont (5%); Cherry Point, North Carolina (5%); and Madisonville, Kentucky (1%), and is expected to be complete by December 2021. Fiscal 2020 aircraft procurement (Navy) funds of $9,696,091 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.