Award Synopsis for Department of the Navy (DoN) Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) Red-to-Blue (R2B) Built in Test (BIT) Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE) Software Update for Sensor Calibration Data

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) at Patuxent River, MD awarded a sole source order modification to the AN/AAQ-24 System Department of the Navy (DoN) Large Aircraft Infrared Countermeasures (LAIRCM) Red-to-Blue (R2B) Built in Test (BIT) order N0001924F1082 under Basic Ordering Agreement (BOA) N0001920G0005 to add Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE) scope for a software update to the AN/AAQ-24 system to transfer Integrated Aircraft Survivability Equipment (iASE) Advanced Threat Warfare (ATW) sensor calibration data to support the MAGTF Agile Network Gateway Link (MANGL) family of systems.

The effort was awarded on a sole source basis under NAVAIR solicitation 25-036 to Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation (NGSC). In accordance with the statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition under Title 10 U.S.C. 3204(a)(1), as implemented by FAR 6.302-1, "Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements." NGSC is the sole developer, producer, and depot repair facility for the AN/AAQ-24 and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. In addition, the Government does not own all the required manufacturing processes, test equipment, automated program tooling, and factory tooling necessary to compete the production and associated support services of the AN/AAQ-24. Drawings and other technical data are proprietary to NGSC.