GBL Systems wins $7.4M contract to for weapons, aerospace technologies

GBL Systems Corp. has been awarded a $7.4 million option to provide the Navy with weapons and aerospace technologies in support the Naval Air Systems Command, Systems and Engineering Department.

Under the contract, the company will work to meet naval science and technology requirements for joint strike warfare involving air superiority and precision attack as well as air and surface battle space requirements of joint littoral aircraft involving aircraft, naval surface fire support and ship self-defense. 

The contract also provides applied research and advance technology development aligned with current and future naval capability gaps and innovative naval prototypes in enhanced weapons systems, future naval capabilities, high-speed weapons technology, or high-density reactive materials, the Defense Department said in a release.

Work will be performed in Pt. Mugu, Calif., and Camarillo, Calif., and is expected to be completed in February 2017.