The five-year contracts, awarded this week, run through February 2016. Each work order will be competed among the six companies, the Defense Department said. The maximum combined total of all six contracts is not to exceed $49.9 million during the five years, according to the department.
The Naval Surface Warfare Center, in Crane, Ind., awarded the contracts.
In a separate action, the Aeronautical Systems Center at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base awarded a contract potentially worth $23 million to General Dynamics Information Technology Inc. for portable maintenance equipment to support the Air Force’s F-22 fighter jet. So far, $3 million of the contract has been obligated.