Warfare Innovation at Sea: Navy Taps L3 for $46M Tech Development Deal

L3 Technologies Inc., Herndon, Virginia, is awarded an $8,906,422 cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-only contract for program management, systems engineering, software development, risk management, algorithm and software prototype development, configuration management, and information assurance in support of undersea warfare and surface warfare systems. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $46,677,661. Work will be performed in Herndon, Virginia (88%), Keyport, Washington (6%), and San Diego, California (6%) and is expected to be completed by May 2026. If all options are exercised, work will continue through May 2030. Fiscal 2024 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,499,470 (47%); fiscal 2025 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $1,395,252 (43%); and fiscal 2025 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $310,000 (10%), will be obligated at the time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with Section 1709 of the 2018 National Defense Authorization Act that modifies 15 U.S. Code 638(r), this Small Business Innovative Research Phase (SBIR) III contract is being awarded to L3 Technologies, Inc., which is the same firm that was competitively selected for the SBIR Phase I and II awards. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-25-C-5212).