Naval Research Lab Awards EO/IR Contract

L-3 Communications Cincinnati Electronics Corp., Mason, Ohio, is being awarded an $8,961,539 cost-plus-fixed-fee completion contract for work associated with the Shipboard Panoramic Electro-optic Infrared (EO/IR) Cueing and Surveillance System (SPECSS) function of the Combined EO/IR Surveillance and Response System (CESARS) program. The contractor will design, build or procure and test both mid-wave infrared (MWIR) and visible spectrum panoramic imagers. Work will be performed in Mason, Ohio, and is expected to be completed November 2, 2018. Fiscal 2016 research, development, tests and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $142,265 is being obligated at the time of award. No funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The contract was competitively procured under request for proposal N00173-15-R-SE05, with seven offers received. The Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity (N00173-16-C-6002).