L-3 to Update F-A-18C/D Storage Area Network
L-3 Communications Corp., Arlington, Texas, is being awarded $11,802,260 for modification to previously issued firm-fixed-price delivery order 0001 placed against a basic ordering agreement (N61340-12-G-0001) for updates to the F/A-18C/D Footprint Reduction/Storage Area Network. This update will reduce Tactical Operational Flight Trainer (TOFT) Host/Instructor Operator Station hardware, centralize software storage, provide expandable software storage for future TOFT enhancements, allow for multiple software configurations and update all analog Mission Management System video output to digital. Work will be performed at the Marine Corps Air Station (MCAS), Beaufort, South Carolina (45 percent); MCAS Miramar, California (28 percent); MCAS Iwakuni, Japan (18 percent); Naval Air Station Oceana, Virginia (6 percent); and the Naval Air Facility, Atsugi, Japan (3 percent), and is expected to be completed in December 2016. Fiscal 2013, 2014 and 2015 aircraft procurement (Navy) funding in the amount of $11,802,260 will be obligated at the time of award, $1,057,581 of which will expire at the end of the fiscal year. The Naval Air Warfare Center Training Systems Division, Orlando, Florida, is the contracting activity.
