SAIC has won a $242 million contract from the Naval Undersea Warfare Center Division Newport to operate, maintain and modernize the Propulsion Test Facility in support of the Undersea Warfare Weapons, Vehicles and Defensive Systems Department.
The 5-year follow-on award reinforces the Navy’s reliance on SAIC’s engineering, technical and logistics teams to sustain and upgrade the PTF’s complex test environment. The facility includes specialized infrastructure for evaluating torpedo components, submarine systems and propulsion technologies, including the Deep Depth Test Facility, the Navy’s only land-based system capable of testing an Mk 48 torpedo afterbody across its full operational range.
Barbara Supplee, SAIC executive vice president of the Navy Business Group, said the company’s long-standing role as a mission integrator for the Propulsion Test Facility and the Navy’s torpedo enterprise has allowed it to deliver innovation where it’s most needed, from Mk 48 production to advanced test-equipment design and other key programs across NUWC Division Newport. She noted that SAIC’s more than decade-long partnership with the PTF has helped the facility grow and modernize while strengthening the company’s ability to support the Navy.
“This new contract allows us to further support our customers through next-generation torpedo test-set production for domestic and FMS maintenance facilities,” she added. “Our success reflects SAIC’s customer-driven, technology-forward mission integration approach to solving the Navy’s toughest challenges and the strength of our engineering, technical, and logistics teams. We’re committed to helping the U.S. Navy sustain the world’s most advanced undersea weapons advantage.”
Under the contract, SAIC will provide testing, torpedo test equipment, and engineering and technical services to operate, maintain and upgrade the PTF complex. The work supports the Mk 48 heavyweight torpedo, Mk 54 lightweight torpedo, undersea targets and sensors, unmanned underwater vehicles and submarine sensors and equipment.
SAIC also will deliver prototyping, systems integration and digital engineering to ensure the PTF can support evolving Navy research and development needs.