Innovative VLF Solutions: Rockwell Collins Secures $46M Navy Contract
Rockwell Collins Inc., a part of Collins Aerospace, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is awarded a $46,061,430 modification (P00013) to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost reimbursable contract (N0001922C0045). This modification adds scope to provide expanded risk reduction non-recurring engineering efforts to further address size, weight, and power-cooling of the airborne very low frequency (VLF) design considerations for the integration of the VLF transmit system into a C-130 aircraft. Work will be performed in Richardson, Texas, and is expected to be completed in September 2026. Fiscal 2024 research, development, test, and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $46,061,430 will be obligated at the time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.