Raytheon is Assisting with ONR's Science and Tech Oban 3 Research

Raytheon Missiles and Defense, Portsmouth, Rhode Island, is awarded a cumulative $9,508,104 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the “Science and Technology Research for the SSBN Security Technology Program (SSTP)” program, also referred to as “Oban 3.” The contractor will conduct scientific investigations of novel non-acoustic phenomenologies associated with SSBN security and submarines in general. These physics-based analyses will include development of new products in the areas of signature modeling and validation, clutter modeling and validation, signal processing algorithm development and countermeasure concept development. Work will be performed in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, with an expected completion date of August 9, 2024. Fiscal 2020 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $459,528 are obligated at time of award. Funds in the amount of $12,528 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured under N00014-21-S-B001, “Long Range Broad Agency Announcement (BAA) for Navy and Marine Corps Science & Technology.” Since proposals are received throughout the year under the long range BAA, the number of proposals received in response to the solicitation is unknown. The Office of Naval Research, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity (N00014-21-C-1056).