Fort Wayne and Columbia City Firms Land Military Work

Inside INdiana Business.com Report

Two Indiana companies have been awarded contracts from the U.S. military. ITT Corp. in Fort Wayne has won a $22 million U.S. Navy deal for radio system software support. The Navy has also awarded a $31 million contract to ERAPSCO in Columbia City for sonobuoys. Work on that project will be divided between the Columbia City facility and an operation in Florida.

Press Release

ITT Corp., Fort Wayne, Ind., is being awarded a $22,928,426 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for single channel ground and airborne radio system waveform software support for the Network Enterprise Domain under the Joint Program Executive Office, Joint Tactical Radio System. Work will be performed in Fort Wayne, Ind., and is expected to be completed by 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract wascompetitively procured and offers were received via the SPAWAR e-Commerce Central website. The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, Calif., is the contracting activity (N00039-09-D-0020).

ERAPSCO, Columbia City, Ind., is being awarded a $31,316,120 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 7,320 AN/SSQ-101A sonobuoys and 20 test, analyze and fix units in support of the Navy Antisubmarine Forces. Work will be performed in DeLeon Springs, Fla. (65 percent), and Columbia City, Ind. (35 percent), and is expected to be completed in May 2011 Contract funds in the amount of $229,070 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00421-09-C-0068).

Source: U.S. Department of Defense.