US Navy Awards Physical Optics Corp $27M to Support US Navy, Kuwaiti Planes

The US Navy has awarded Physical Optics Corp a $27.2 million modification contract to support F/A-18E/F and EA-18G aircraft belonging to the Navy and the government of Kuwait. 

This modification exercises an option for data transfer unit production support, 160 data transfer units, 160 ground data transfer units, 14 maintenance access cables, 600 mission data transfer devices, and 459 maintenance data transfer devices in support of the Navy's F/A-18 E/F and EA-18G program. 

In addition,  this option exercise procures 37 data transfer units, 35 ground data transfer units, 11 maintenance access cables, 122 mission data transfer devices, and 90 maintenance data transfer devices in support of the Kuwait Super Hornet program. 

Work is expected to be completed in August 2021.