Ramona Adams
Milpower has won a potential 10-year, $66.1 million contract from the U.S. Navy to manufacture and engineer 100 – and 200-watt power amplifiers for the service branch’s Mobile User Objective System.
The Defense Department said Wednesday the power amplifiers will be integrated with Digital Modular Radios in efforts to help the Navy address MUOS fleet modernization, shipbuilding and conversion requirements.
Work under the base period, valued at $29.5 million, will occur in San Diego, California through September 2021.
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command received three offers for the contract through the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website and will obligate $7,079,512 at the time of the award from fiscal 2015 and 2016 Navy shipbuilding and conversion funds.
The Lockheed Martin-built MUOS works to provide ultra-high frequency satellite communications to support the Navy’s mobile, tactical ground, sea and air operations.
