PoleZero to Provide P-8A Antennas to Australia

PoleZero Corp., West Chester, Ohio, is being awarded a $72,088,652 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for a maximum of 118 ultra high-frequency antenna interface units and 177 very/ultra high-frequency units and their associated communication tray assemblies for Lots 6, 7 and 8 in support of the Navy and the government of Australia P-8A program. Work will be performed in West Chester, Ohio, and is expected to be completed in June 2018. This contract combines purchases for the Navy ($57,670,921; 80 percent); and the government of Australia ($14,417,731; 20 percent), under a memorandum of agreement. Fiscal 2015 aircraft procurement (Navy) and cooperative partner (Australia) funds in the amount of $15,748,101 are being obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S.C 2304(c)(1). The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Lakehurst, New Jersey, is the contracting activity (N68335-15-D-0024).