ORLANDO -- Textron Aviation Defense LLC, Wichita, Kansas, has been awarded $7,263,870 for modification P00013 to exercise an option to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, cost-reimbursement contract (N00019-15-C-0124). This option provides for the procurement of 255 Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast (AD-B) Out production kits for the T-6 aircraft for the Navy (251) and the Army (4).
The ADS-B Out capability ensures receipt of information in real-time precision, shared situational awareness, advanced applications for pilots and controllers.
Work will be performed in Wichita, Kansas, and is expected to be completed in September 2019.
The Naval Air Warfare Center, Training Systems Division, Orlando, Florida, is the contracting activity.