This firm-fixed-price purchase order for $495,780.00 was awarded by the Military Sealift Command (MSC), a defense agency, to Kongsberg Underwater Technology, LLC, a foreign-owned subsidiary of the Kongsberg Group, for a Project CAESAR sub-bottom profiler system to be installed on the USNS ZEUS (T-ARC 7) oceanographic research vessel. The award was made without any set-aside designation, reflecting Kongsberg's specialized capabilities as an original equipment manufacturer for advanced maritime technology. This contract is part of a larger $31.8 million Indefinite Delivery Contract (IDC) that Kongsberg holds with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) for providing oceanographic and hydrographic equipment, software, and related services to support NOAA's research fleet. The company also has a $25 million IDC with the Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command for life-cycle maintenance of multi-beam sonar systems and related equipment on Navy oceanographic vessels.