L-3 MariPro, a division of L-3 Marine & Power Systems has secured $127 million multi-year contract intended for installation of Undersea Warfare Training Range off the coast of Jacksonville, Fla, for the U.S. Navy, reports the Benzinga.com.
The program is split in two phases.
The first phase of the program entails supplying of the initial infrastructure, including shore facilities and equipment, as well as near-shore cable and seabed sensors to instrument an area of approximately 200 square nautical miles.
While the second phase of the program will instrument the remaining 300 square nautical miles.
L-3 MariPro provides reliable concept-through-operations marine systems for military, commercial and academic customers, including fixed and portable maritime training range systems, surveillance systems, marine services, reliable acoustic through-water communications and ocean-observing infrastructure.
[mappress] Subsea World News Staff, October 24, 2012