Kratos Unmanned Secures $61M Navy Mod for BQM-177A Target Drone Production

Kratos Unmanned Aerial Systems Inc., Sacramento, California, is awarded a $61,068,139 modification (P00018) to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N0001923C0021). This modification exercises options to procure full rate production Lot Seven of the BQM-177A Surface Launched Aerial Targets and 70 Rocket-Assisted Takeoff attachment kits, as well as associated technical and administrative data in support of weapons system test and evaluation and fleet training for the Navy. Work will be performed in, Sacramento, California (50%); Dallas, Texas (20%); Fort Walton Beach, Florida (5%); Blacksburg, Virigina (4%); Santa Ana, California (2%); Newton, Kansas (2%); Concord, California (2%); Milwaukie, Oregon (2%); Chatsworth, California (2%); and various locations within the continental U.S. (11%), and is expected to be completed in August 2028. Fiscal 2024 Weapons Procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $872,402; fiscal 2025 Weapons Procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $ $3,489,608; and fiscal 2026 Weapons Procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $56,706,129, will be obligated at the time of award, $872,402 of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competed. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.