- Fiscal year 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill funding of $30.7M are obligated at award
- Work spans Maryland, Washington, D.C., and Alabama through September 2028
- The Navy competed the requirement through a broad agency announcement
BAE Systems has secured a $94.6 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the U.S. Navy to deliver engineering, technical and programmatic services for the Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile, or SLCM-N, effort, according to a Department of War announcement Monday.
The Navy’s Strategic Systems Programs in Washington, D.C., is overseeing the contract award.
Where Will BAE Systems Perform the SLCM-N Work?
BAE will perform 70 percent of the work in Rockville, Maryland, where the company is based. Work in Washington, D.C., will account for 20 percent, and Huntsville, Alabama, will host the remaining 10 percent. Performance is slated to conclude Sept. 30, 2028.
The weapon also factors into Navy shipbuilding plans. The design of the Trump-class battleship USS Defiant reportedly includes provisions to eventually carry nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missiles.
How Is the Navy Funding the SLCM-N Contract?
The Navy will obligate $30.7 million, roughly a third of the contract’s total value, at the time of award. The allocation comes from fiscal year 2025 authorization provided under the One Big Beautiful Bill, and none of it will lapse when the current fiscal year closes.
The service competed the requirement in a full and open bidding through a broad agency announcement. The solicitation first appeared on SAM.gov, the federal System for Award Management portal.
What Other Recent Strategic Systems Programs Work Has BAE Systems Won?
In November 2024, Strategic Systems Programs awarded BAE Systems a $122 million contract for systems engineering, integration and test services supporting the Trident II Strategic Weapon System and the D5 Life Extension 2 alteration. That effort, also concentrated in Rockville, backs the Columbia-class submarine’s common missile compartment and related infrastructure.
The company’s recent Navy portfolio further includes a $255.9 million January award to maintain and modernize the USS Iwo Jima amphibious assault ship during its fiscal year 2026 selected restricted availability.
