9/16/10

3 Phoenix, Inc. (3Pi) has been awarded a $5,943,911 firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-6274) for a technology insertion photonics mast. The procurement of this mast will allow for the continued engineering assessment, design and development of a non-developmental item submarine optronics system. This mast supports Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Topic Number 04-138 “Real Time Data Fusion and Visualization Interface for Environmental Research Data.” This SBIR Phase III contract is to provide engineering services to support software development, procurement of commercial off-the-shelf products, hardware/software integration required to provide improved technology for U.S. Navy open architecture and network centric operations, and warfare systems in support of USS Virginia class submarine and other submarine/surface ship systems. Work will be performed in Wake Forest, N.C. (75 percent), and Fairfax, Va. (25 percent), and is expected to be completed by July 2011.