Navy Boosts Columbia City Company Contract

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Columbia City-based ERAPSCO Inc. has been awarded a $195 million modification to a U.S. Navy contract. The deal involves the production of more than 141,000 sonobuoys and 10,000 underwater sound devices.

ERAPSCO, Columbia City, Indiana, is being awarded a $195,217,585 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract (N00421-14-D-0025) to exercise an option for the procurement of up to 141,500 AN/SSQ series sonobuoys, and 10,000 MK-84 signal underwater sound devices. Work will be performed in De Leon Springs, Florida (51.7 percent), and Columbia City, Indiana (48.3 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2016. No funding will be obligated at time of award, funds will be obligated on individual delivery orders as they are issued. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Source: U.S. Department of Defense