The MK 110 Mod O weapons system is shown aboard the USS Freedom. (Image: United States Navy/ Lt. Ed Early)
BAE Systems will manufacture a MK110 weapon system under a modified $8.9 million Navy contract, the United States Department of Defense (DoD) announced in its Wednesday publication of major military deals.
The MK 110 Mod 0 gun system includes the 57mm gun, a muzzle velocity radar, barrel-mounted television camera, power distribution panels, ammunition hoists, and an ultra-durable laptop gun control panel. The DoD said the MK 110 Mod O gun mount will be used against medium- to short-range surface targets. The gun will deliver warning and disabling fire aiding the anti-surface warfare events. Once BAE finishes the weapon system, the military will install it on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter (USCGC) Midgett.
None of the funds being awarded with the contract will expire at the end of the 2015 fiscal year. The work will be conducted in Louisville, Ky., and should be finished by March 2018.
Raytheon Technical Services received a $52.9 million Navy contract for the repair of 41 different part numbers for the F-18 combat aircraft. Nearly $26 million in fiscal 2015 working capital funds will be assigned with the award, with none of those monies expiring at the end of the 2015 fiscal year. The firm-fixed-price delivery order was not competitively obtained. The labor will be performed in Jacksonville, Fla., and should be finished by December 2017.
Boeing has been given a $41.4 million Air Force delivery order to support the C-32 and C-40 passenger aircraft fleet for six more additional months. The labor will be conducted in Oklahoma City, and should be finished by June 30, 2016.
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