The US Navy (USN) hopes to provide an other transaction (OT) prototype award to Martin UAV in early September for the Mi2 unmanned aircraft effort after previously estimating an award in July.
The USN has delayed an OT contract award to Martin UAV after the company won the Mi2 Technology Demonstration with its V-Bat 128 tailsitting VTOL UAV. (Martin UAV)
Gerald Swift, Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) AIRWorks director, told Janes on 5 August that AIRWorks is going through its final processes toward this contract and that AIRWorks had a good dialogue with Martin UAV about what to include in its initial prototyping award. Martin UAV and its V-Bat 128 vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) tail-sitting fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) won the Mi2 Technology Demonstration in April.
Both parties had a bit of discovery, he said, and AIRWorks wanted to ensure that this discovery was included as both parties progressed into the next phase of Mi2. Swift said these discussions also allowed AIRWorks to put more scope into the statement of work.
In a standard federal acquisition regulation (FAR) contract, Swift said there is a discussion between the government and the award recipient about what a statement of work means and what it includes, and that the parties ensure they are meeting all of the requirements.
An other transaction authority (OTA) environment has more flexibility than a typical FAR contract.
“We were able to take advantage of that exchange in a more healthy way to make sure that we had everything covered,” Swift said.
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