Tyco Electronics Subsea Communications of Eatontown, New Jersey, has been awarded a $12,31 mill. firm-fixed-price contract to supply submarine cable for the Navy.
The contract is for the delivery of 1,550 kilometers of SL-17 submarine fiber-optic cable. The cable is used by Navy programs to connect deep ocean measurement instruments to shore monitoring stations.
The cable will be designed to interface with existing Navy seafloor instruments. Work will be performed in Eatontown, New Jersey, and is expected to be completed by July 2015.
The Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center, Port Hueneme, California, is the contracting activity.
October 02, 2014