SEA CORP Awarded Navy Contract for Submarine Sonar Work

SEA CORP has won a five-year, $15 million contract from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center for technical services on submarine sonars and other electronics. The services entail a full-range of system engineering, including design, analysis, installation and testing of sonars and other combat systems equipment aboard all classes of submarines. The contract was awarded to SEA CORP based on a nationwide competition among all eligible small businesses.

"An interesting aspect of this work, much of it sonar related, is the increasing emphasis on Commercial-Off-The-Shelf components," said Brian Gilligan, SEA CORP's President. "When we started in this business over 20 years ago, the Navy relied exclusively on unique, so-called 'Military Specification' hardware for its front-line combat equipment," Gilligan went on. "No longer. In order to control costs and to get the systems out to the fleet as quickly as possible, the clear trend is to try to find commercial parts that will do the job."

This latest contract is a follow-on to a similar five year effort now being completed by the company. For this contract, SEA CORP will be supported by two other small businesses, Rite Solutions, also based in Middletown, and the local office of Progeny Systems of Manassas, Virginia.

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