Redacted Justification and Approval.pdf

This Justification and Approval (J&A) document authorizes a five-year, Cost Plus Fixed Fee (CPFF) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract with Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace (KDA) for the Naval Air Warfare Center Weapons Division (NAWCWD) at China Lake, CA. The contract, valued at $9.72M for FY25-FY30, will support the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Surface to Surface Missiles Technical Project Office (SSM-TPO) and includes services for design, development, testing, documentation, engineering advisement, and technology demonstrations.

KDA is identified as the sole source contractor due to being the original designer and manufacturer of the NSM and JSM missile systems, with unique proprietary technical knowledge and capabilities. The contract will support proprietary missile system research, development, and technical data, including work in Hardware in the Loop (HIL) Lab, Software Integration Lab (SIL), and Model-based System Engineering weapon system modeling. No alternative sources were found feasible after a sources sought notice was posted on SAM.gov, with no responses received, and the government determining that replicating KDA's 20 years of research and development would be impractical and cause significant delays.