The Department of the Navy, Office of Naval Research awarded a $10.8 million cost-plus-fixed-fee definitive contract to Rockwell Collins Government Systems, a division of Collins Aerospace which is part of Raytheon Technologies, to develop autonomous navigation technologies for enhanced recovery of Navy ships. The contract is being performed under the LANTERNS program, which seeks proposals for a robust and accurate ship-relative navigation solution to meet bandwidth and range goals defined in requirements documentation. Work will involve technical analyses, simulation models, link budgets, test reports and prototypes to demonstrate ship-relative positioning capabilities within prescribed maritime environments. The contract is being carried out in Cedar Rapids, Iowa from December 2021 through August 2024. There is no set-aside designation.
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