Sikorsky Aircraft is Assisting the Air Force with Infrared and Situational Awareness Effort at Wright Patterson

Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., Stratford, Connecticut, has been awarded a $9,453,990 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00088) to previously awarded contract FA8629-14-C-2403 for initial capabilities upgrades. This contract modification provides for the engineering analysis and integration (or removal) of capabilities such as situational awareness data link, automatic direction finder, distributed aperture infrared countermeasures and electro-optical/infrared with primary flight reference symbology. Work will be performed at Stratford, Connecticut; and Owego, New York, and is expected to be completed by July 24, 2020. Fiscal year 2019 research, development, test and evaluation funds in the amount of $9,453,990 are being obligated at the time of award. Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Dayton, Ohio, is the contracting activity.