Planning Consultants, Inc., Virginia Beach, Va. is being awarded a $10,994,087 modification under previously awarded contract (N00178-04-C-2004) to exercise an option for engineering expertise in support of Research and Development, Total Ship System Engineering and Combat System Engineering advanced technology initiatives for modernization of current systems on surface ship combatants. This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy (97 percent) and the Governments of Japan (1 percent); South Korea (1 percent); and Spain (1 percent) for the Foreign Military Sales Program. Work will be performed in Dahlgren, Va. (90 percent) and Virginia Beach, Va. (10 percent), and is expected to be completed by September 2008. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Surface Warfare Center, Dahlgren Division, Dahlgren, Va., is the contracting activity.