Rockwell Collins to Provide Stratotanker Software and Navigation Technology

Rockwell Collins Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, has been awarded a $7,946,398 firm fixed price and cost plus fixed fee contract for KC-135 Block 45.1 upgrade software. Work will be performed at Cedar Rapids, Iowa and Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, and is expected to be complete by Mar. 31, 2017. This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal year 2014 aircraft procurement funds in the amount of $7,946,398 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, is the contracting activity (FA8105-15-C-0001). 

The firm also has been awarded a $7,967,625 firm-fixed-price modification (P00039) to previously awarded contract FA8106-11-C-0006. Contractor will provide 15 KC-10 communication navigation surveillance/air traffic management kit installations. Work will be performed at Cedar Rapids, Iowa; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Atlanta, Georgia, and is expected to be completed by Feb. 29, 2016. Fiscal 2015 aircraft procurement funds in the amount of $7,967,625 are being obligated at the time of award. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, is the contracting activity.