16--PROCUREMENT OF AN/USQ-78 (V) ACOUSTIC UPGRADE UNITS AND INSTALLATION OF THE UNITS INTO P-3 AIRCRAFT

The Naval Air Systems Command intends to place a firm-fixed price modification to Contract N00019-00-C-0235 with Lockheed Martin Naval Electronics & Surveillance Systems ? Undersea Systems (LM NE&SS-US) in order to establish 2 additional option year periods for the procurement of 15 additional AN/USQ-78(V) Acoustic Upgrade Units for the P-3C Update III aircraft and the installation of 26 additional units into the P-3C III aircraft. LM NE&SS-US is the designer, developer, and sole manufacturer of the AN/USQ-78(V) Acoustic Processor being used in the P-3C III aircraft and is the only known source with the knowledge, experience, and technical data necessary to perform this effort in a timely and cost effective manner. See Note 22.