MK 41 VLS Launchers Production Follow-on Competition (C)
Forecast Recompete Updated
- Agency
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Navy NAVSEA Headquarters
Naval Sea Systems Command, Department of Defense
- Solicitation expected
- Estimated value
- $250,000,000 to $1,000,000,000
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Forecast facts
- Incumbent contract
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- N0002423C5325 Federal contract award held by Lockheed Martin Corporation Ends Dec 31, 2031 · Value with all options $621,051,886
- Previous solicitation
- FY 22-27 MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) Production N0002422R5325 · Posted Mar 18, 2022
- Anticipated award
- Through
- Acquisition strategy
- Follow-on to Existing Contract
- NAICS code
- Not on record
- Place of performance
- Washington Navy Yard, DC
- Forecast number
- N00024-26-RFPREQ-IWS-3.0-0033
Forecast details come from the Navy's Long Range Acquisition Estimates. Agencies' dates and values are estimates.
About this forecast
Naval Sea Systems Command is conducting a competitive recompete for MK 41 Vertical Launching System (VLS) launcher production, with solicitation release estimated for July 2027 and award anticipated in April 2028. The procurement covers manufacturing of VLS modules, modernization kits, spare parts, and associated equipment to support Navy fleet cruisers and destroyers. Contractors must obtain Secret facility and personnel clearances.
The estimated award value ranges from $250 million to $1 billion, with a period of performance of approximately 78 months. Place of performance is Washington Navy Yard, Washington, DC. The contract will be structured as a cost-reimbursement "C" type instrument awarded competitively.
The recompeted award is Definitive Contract N0002423C5325, a $621.1 million firm fixed-price contract awarded to Lockheed Martin Corporation on May 23, 2023, running through December 31, 2031. Lockheed Martin's Rotary and Mission Systems Division performed MK 8 MOD 5 standard module manufacturing with part-number revisions to conform to Engineering Change Proposals, with primary work at Moorestown, New Jersey and secondary performance locations including West Lynn, Massachusetts; Cherry Hill, New Jersey; Port Hueneme, California; Kekaha, Hawaii; Jacksonville, Florida; and Huntington, Alabama. The subcontractor team included Western Industrial Machining, General Dynamics Ordnance and Tactical Systems, Richlind Metal Fabricators, Pace Machine & Tool, Diversified Machining, Waco Products, Chromalox, Magnatrol Valve Corp, March Electronics, Eaton Aerospace, Sioux Manufacturing, and Merrill Technologies.
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