U.S. Navy extends communications contract with Motorola Solutions

The U.S. Department of Defense announced Tuesday that it has exercised a contract option to continue its contract with Motorola to operate and maintain the U.S. Navy’s land mobile radio (LMR) system.

The $29 million contract supports continued critical radio communications at U.S. Navy facilities worldwide. This is the third year of a multi-year agreement for essential radio communications the Navy relies on to coordinate deployments and response actions at its bases worldwide, the department said. The LMR network also provides Navy emergency services with secure collaborative communications with other federal, state, and local public safety agencies.

“The Navy depends on reliable and interoperable communications every day to support their mission-critical operations and help ensure the safety of our service members at Navy facilities around the world,” said Joe Balchune, vice president and general manager, Federal Government Markets, Motorola Solutions. “We are honored to continue to support the security, safety, and success of the U.S. Navy’s missions.”

The contract with the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Anti-Terrorism/Force Protection Ashore Program ensures Motorola Solutions will provide the necessary hardware and software preventative maintenance, as well as technology and software upgrades, equipment repair and replacement, software license management, asset and configuration management, password management, vulnerability scanning, and benchmark testing.