Kollsman to Upgrade Night Targeting Systems

Kollsman Inc., Merrimack, New Hampshire, is being awarded a $43,000,000 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract for procurement of Night Targeting Systems Upgrade (NTSU) and associated support for the U.S. Marine Corps (USMC). The NTSU system is an airborne, electro-optic, forward-looking infra-red, turreted sensor package that provides long-range surveillance, high-altitude target acquisition, tracking, range-finding, and laser designation for the USMC. Work will be performed in Merrimack, New Hampshire, and is expected to be completed by April 2020. Fiscal 2013 National Guard and Reserve equipment appropriation funding in the amount of $13,500,000 will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was negotiated on a sole source basis in accordance with the statutory authority 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) as implemented by FAR 6.302-1. The Naval Surface Warfare Center-Crane Division, Crane, Indiana, is the contracting activity (N00164-15-D-JQ30).