Miles Jamison 
- The Radiant Mercury contract uses a cost-plus-fixed-fee, IDIQ structure
- Lockheed Martin will produce and sustain the cross-domain system
- Work includes security authorization support, logistics and training
Lockheed Martin’s Rotary and Mission Systems business has received a potential $88.6 million contract from the U.S. Navy to support the Radiant Mercury program.
What Does the Radiant Mercury Contract Cover?
The Department of War said Monday that under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, Lockheed will manufacture, install and sustain the Radiant Mercury General Service Cross Domain Solution systems. The cost-plus-fixed-fee deal covers maintenance and modernization efforts for the system. In addition, the company will assist with security approval requirements and provide program management, logistical support and training for Navy personnel and other government customers.
Lockheed previously received a contract in 2019 with a potential value of $92.2 million. Like the latest award, the contract covers Radiant Mercury system installation, maintenance, modernization and sustainment.
What Is the Radiant Mercury System?
Radiant Mercury is a cross-domain system that supports secure information sharing between classified and unclassified networks while applying safeguards intended to prevent unauthorized access to sensitive information. The safeguards allow users with the appropriate clearances to receive information across security domains. The system has also supported multinational information sharing among U.S. defense organizations, intelligence agencies and coalition partners.
What Are the Details of the Navy Contract?
The contract’s three-year ordering period began Oct. 20 and runs through Oct. 19, 2029. It carries a minimum ordering guarantee of $50,000, while individual task orders will specify the work requirements, performance locations, schedules and funding. Each order will be funded through appropriations from the government agencies requesting the work.
The Navy awarded the contract without competition under the “Only One Responsible Source” justification. Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific in San Diego, California, is the contracting activity.
