Aegis BMD Weapon System Development

Added: Aug 05, 2008 11:38 am

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) intends to award a sole source contract to Lockheed

Martin Maritime Systems and Sensors (MS2) of Moorestown, New Jersey for continued

Combat System Engineering Agent (CSEA) support to the Aegis Ballistic Missile

Defense (BMD) Open Architecture initiatives, integration of Standard Missile (SM-3)

Blocks IB and IIB and development efforts and program planning for future baselines.

This effort is part of the Aegis BMD (AB) Program and requires continued CSEA efforts

to design, develop and test Aegis BMD Weapon System computer programs and other

upgrades for Aegis Cruisers and Destroyers. The contractor will continue to provide the

necessary material, equipment, supplies and technical engineering required to define,

design, develop, integrate, test, deliver Weapons System capability to support

developmental testing, the flight test program and ground test Campaigns, tracking

exercises, critical experiments, surveillance missions, and other risk reduction efforts, and

ultimately operational capability for Aegis Cruisers and Destroyers. The contractor will

continue to work in close collaboration with the Prime Contractors for the other MDA

Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) Elements and the MDA National Teams to

optimize Aegis BMD performance as part of the BMDS. The proposed contract may also

include Foreign Military Sales (FMS) efforts. Lockheed Martin MS2 has been the prime

contractor for Aegis Weapon System (AWS) computer program development and the

Aegis CSEA since Aegis Program inception in 1969 and will continue as the CSEA for

Aegis Open Architecture. This contractor is a highly specialized source and no other

suppliers or services will satisfy agency requirements. As a result of Lockheed Martins

involvement in the Aegis BMD Program, it is the only other source that currently

possesses the in-depth technical knowledge of the systems requirements to perform the

work contemplated herein. No source, other than Lockheed Martin, has access to the

proprietary data, resident expertise, and resources to perform the work described herein.

This expertise cannot be obtained by any other contractor within the anticipated period of

performance without incurring substantial costs and risk. The anticipated period of

performance for the effort is up to 10 years after contract award. The proposed contract

action is for system engineering expertise for which the Government intends to solicit

and negotiate with only one source under the authority of 10 USC 2304(c) (1) as

implemented in FAR 6.302. This notice is not a request for competitive proposals.

Companies interested in subcontracting opportunities should contact Lockheed Martin

MS2 directly. See Note 22.