Johns Hopkins APL: Staff Hours on the Cutting Edge
Aug 02, 2010 15:48 EDT
Over $300M in missile defense related work. (July 30/10)
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory works closely with the US military on a range of research topics. As a Navy University Affiliated Research Center, these capabilities have been established and maintained at the JHU/APL since the 1940s, when the proximity-fused shell was developed for fleet defense. More recent examples of their involvement include the AEGIS system’s successful intercepts of ballistic missile targets using SM-3 missiles, successful OPEVAL and transition to industry of the APL-conceived Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC), the Littoral Warfare Advanced Development project, artificial arm research, engineering issues around underwater launches from SSGN stealth strike submarines, the Precision Engagement Transformation Center, space-based laser communications, the Global Information Grid (GIG), and more.
JHU/APL has received several billion dollars in contracts since 2002…
Contracts and Key Events
All contracts and modifications are issued to The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Laurel, MD. US Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington Navy Yard, Washington, D.C. manages the contract.
July 30/10: A $147.4 million ceiling increase to their cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for technical support to systems engineering and integration for missile defense assessments, studies and analyses of command and control, battles management and communications, fire control, missile engineering, combat systems, space component and space systems.
This appears to bring the contract’s maximum total value to $321.4 million. The work will be performed in Laurel, MD from August 2010 through December 2011. Research, Development, Test and Evaluation funding Fiscal Years 2010 and 2011 will be used to incrementally fund these efforts. The Missile Defense Agency manages this contract (HQ0006-07-D-0001).
July 7/10: A $750 million modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-03-D-6606) adds 7,148,542 staff hours to the contract. JHU/APL will provide research, development and engineering in 7 core competency areas to maintain essential core capabilities:
- Strategic systems test and evaluation
- Submarine security and survivability
- Space science and engineering
- Combat system and guided missile research and development
- Theater air defense and power projection
- Information technology (C4ISR/IO) simulation, modeling, and operations analysis; and
- Mission-related research and development
This award goes beyond the original option mentioned in 2002. Adding the figures involved brings the possible total to about $4.68 billion over its lifetime. Work will be performed in Laurel, MD, and is expected to be complete by September 2012. No funds are obligated by award of this contract modification, it’s just an umbrella contract that allows for individual task orders.
May 28/10: A $10 million cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to a previously awarded contract to task order to continue providing technical support to systems engineering and integration for US Missile Defense Agency assessments; studies and analyses of command and control; battles management and communications; fire control; missile engineering; combat systems; and space component and space systems.
Work will be performed in Laurel, MD from June 2010 through August 2010. FY 2010 research, development, test and evaluation funding will be used to incrementally fund these efforts (HQ0006-07-D-0001, #0016).
Dec 14/06: A maximum $164 million sole source, cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for scientific and engineering research and development support in the areas of ballistic missile defense and related technology, intelligence, and battle management command, control, and communication.
Work will be performed in Laurel, MD, and is expected to be complete by December 2011. The US Missile Defense Agency in Washington, DC manages the contract (HQ0006-07-D-0001).
March 14/06: A $2.17 billion modification to a previously awarded contract (N00024-03-D-6606), exercising an option for approximately 11,303,610 staff hours of research and development, test and evaluation and specialized engineering support. Work will be performed in Laurel, MD and is expected to be complete by September 2012.
This award raises the contract’s maximum value to the originally announced $3.93 billion.
Sept 26/02: A $1.75 billion cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity, task order contract for approximately 11,289,060 staff hours of research and development and specialized engineering support. The contract includes an option, which if exercised, would bring the total contract value to $3.93 billion.
Work will be performed in Laurel and is to be complete by September 2007. The contract was not competitively procured (N00024-03-D-6606).
