General Atomics Awarded Contract

General Atomics, San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $10.7m cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for Integrated Power Systems Research and Development (IPS).IPS provides total ship electric power including electric propulsion, power conversion and distribution, combat system support and mission load interfaces to the electric power system.Work will be performed in San Diego, Calif., and is expected to be completed by the Dec 2011.Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.The contract was competitively procured and advertised on the Internet, with 14 proposals received.The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.