# ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System (TJS) Low-Band Consolidation (LBC) Production Follow-On Award

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- Solicitation number: N00019-24-RFPREQ-TPM234-0040
- Notice type: Award notice (first published as sources sought)
- Status: Awarded to Caes Systems LLC for $20,701,961.00
- Department: Department of the Navy
- Agency: Department of the Navy
- Contracting office: Naval Air Systems Command (N00019)
- NAICS: 334511 Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing
- Product or service code: 5865 Electronic Countermeasures, Counter-Countermeasures and Quick Reaction Capability Equipment
- Set-aside: 8(a) sole source
- Place of performance: Pennsylvania
- County: Montgomery County (FIPS 42091). https://abierto.us/counties/montgomery-county-pa-42091
- City: Lansdale. https://abierto.us/cities/lansdale-pa-4241432
- First posted: October 3, 2024
- Last posted: March 30, 2026
- SAM.gov: https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/57e75cf0dfff4df09d965bcffc9f13c3/view

## Description

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded a Firm Fixed Price (FFP) sole source contract to Cobham Advanced Electronic Solutions (CAES) Systems Inc., 305 Richardson Road, Lansdale, PA 19446, to produce and deliver modifications to convert Low Band Transmitters (LBTs) to Low Band Consolidation (LBC) Transmitters, as a follow-on to the previous LBC production contract N00019-23-C-0038.

This procurement implements an engineering change proposal (ECP) developed under a previous contract and includes supplies and services required for the production and delivery of up to eighty-five (85) modified LBTs to LBC transmitters and associated spare components, as well as updating up to eleven (11) -501 LBCs to -503 variant. The LBC Transmitter will be a direct form and fit replacement of the LBT in the existing ALQ-99 pod.

This award includes a base and two option years with deliveries estimated to begin in Quarter 3 FY27. The applicable NAICS Code is 334511, Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing. The LBT and Band 4 transmitter are part of the AN/ALQ-99 Tactical Jamming System (TJS), are flown on the EA-18G aircraft, and provide vital Airborne Electronic Attack (AEA) jamming capability against radar and communications targets in the suppression of enemy air defenses.

This acquisition is being pursued on a sole source basis under the statutory authority of 10 U.S.C. 3204(a) (1), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1 (a) (2) (ii) (B), in which it is likely an award to any other source would result in “Unacceptable delays in fulfilling the agency’s requirements."

As the sole system designer, developer, integrator, and manufacturer of the LBT, CAES is the only known source with the requisite knowledge, experience, and technical expertise to modify the LBC Transmitter and successfully integrate into the existing LBT and AN/ALQ-99 TJS. This contract being synopsized will be a follow-on contract to sole source FY23 LBC contract # N00019-23-C-0038 to upgrade existing test equipment and create new test equipment. This award notice is published for informational purposes only.

## Award on USAspending

- Recipient: Caes Systems LLC (UEI MMA7H4NEMCT9)
- Contract: N0001926C0132, definitive contract
- Obligated: $20,701,961.42
- Competition: Not Competed, 1 offers received
- Link: award number N0001926C0132 equals the contract number; same awarding office N00019 (high confidence)
- Record: https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_N0001926C0132_9700_-NONE-_-NONE-/


## Publications

- October 3, 2024: Sources sought, due October 18, 2024 at 5:00 PM EDT. Notice ae7ca9d32f124fe0953a79b6fa17323b. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/ae7ca9d32f124fe0953a79b6fa17323b/view
- October 22, 2024: Presolicitation, due November 6, 2024 at 5:00 PM EST. Notice 2514709c5e1842db9e21b293d9f4439d. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/2514709c5e1842db9e21b293d9f4439d/view
- February 13, 2025: Presolicitation, due February 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM EST. Notice 880f35c46518434b9cbf6c6260d4806a. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/880f35c46518434b9cbf6c6260d4806a/view
- February 13, 2025: Presolicitation, due February 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM EST. Notice a08adc8244ba4e2cab8e74178b61546f. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/a08adc8244ba4e2cab8e74178b61546f/view
- March 24, 2026: Presolicitation, due February 28, 2025 at 5:00 PM EST. Notice 5e0904e215b4440881b0832f5485fc88. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/5e0904e215b4440881b0832f5485fc88/view
- March 30, 2026: Award notice. Notice 57e75cf0dfff4df09d965bcffc9f13c3. https://sam.gov/workspace/contract/opp/57e75cf0dfff4df09d965bcffc9f13c3/view

## Points of contact

- Shayne P. Kenny, shayne.p.kenny.civ@us.navy.mil
- Nicole Yeager, nicole.e.yeager.civ@us.navy.mil

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