Kongsberg Wins Navy Training Contract
Kongsberg Maritime Simulations Inc., West Mystic, Conn., is being
awarded a $12,132,013 firm-fixed-price contract for procurement of the Navigation
Seamanship /Ship-handling Trainers (NSST), including logistics, maintenance and
other support. NSST is a component of the Total Ship Training System family of
systems. NSST's primary mission is to provide seamanship and ship handling
training to the ship's helmsman on various Navy platforms. NSST will be fielded on
U.S. Navy surface ships and in shore facilities at Fleet Concentration Areas. Work
will be performed in West Mystic, Conn., and is expected to be completed by
September 2011. The contract was competitively procured and advertised on the
Internet, with two proposals received. Contract funds will not expire at the end
of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is
the contracting activity (N00024-05-C-5487).
