Design West Technologies: $17.8M Contract Amendment for Vertical Launching System Components

Design West Technologies Inc.,* Tustin, California, is awarded a $17,813,945 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded contract (N6339422C0008) to exercise options for the manufacture, assembly, test, and delivery of a vertical launching system motor control panel, status panel, associated maintenance assistance module kit, onboard repair part kit, installation and checkout spares kit, depot spares kit, and lowest replaceable unit kit. Work will be performed in Tustin, California, and is expected to be completed by November 2025. Fiscal 2024 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $9,514,695 (53%); and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) funds in the amount of $8,299,250 (47%), will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. government (53%); and the governments of Canada (35%) and Australia (12%), under the FMS program. Naval Surface Warfare Center Port Hueneme Division, Port Hueneme, California, is the contracting activity.