LGS to Provide Submarine Cables

LGS Innovations, Herndon, Virginia, recently announced it has been awarded an indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract with a ceiling of $9.5 million to supply submarine telecommunication cables to the U.S. Navy’s Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center (NAVFAC EXWC). Work is expected to conclude by July 2016. LGS Innovations has subcontracted Alcatel-Lucent Submarine Networks (ASN) to design, manufacture and supply approximately 650 miles of subsea cable, with an expected operational lifetime of at least 20 years.