U.S. Navy Procures Northrop Navigation System

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Charlottesville, Virginia, is being awarded a $21,673,279 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost delivery order to previously awarded contract N00024-15-D-5208 to exercise a one-year option for production and technical support services of the Navy’s WSN-7 navigation system. The AN/WSN-7(V) Ring Laser Gyroscope (RLG) navigation system is a self-contained inertial navigator designed for U.S. Navy surface ships. The AN/WSN-7B(V) RLG is a self-contained gyrocompass system utilizing ring laser gyroscope technology. The RLG is a replacement for the gyrocompasses installed onboard U.S. Navy surface ships (AN/WSN-2) and submarines (AN/WSN-2A). This contract involves foreign military sales to Japan, Korea and Egypt. Work will be performed in Charlottesville, Virginia, and is expected to be completed by May 2018. Fiscal 2016 other procurement (Navy), fiscal 2016 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) and foreign military sales funding in the amount of $21,653,279 will be obligated at the time of award. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, District of Columbia, is the contracting activity.