SyQwest News, US Navy Contracts

Cranston, Rhode Island. March 6, 2024 –SyQwest Inc., a leading supplier of tactical solutions for US Navy surface ship and submarine sonar systems and components, announced today that the U.S. Navy has awarded it a contract to design and prototype MK-48 torpedo sources and sensors.

The MK 48 heavyweight torpedo is used by all classes of submarines as their anti-submarine warfare (ASW) and anti-surface warfare (ASuW) weapon. The MK 48 torpedo is a heavyweight acoustic-homing torpedo with sophisticated sonar, all-digital guidance-and-control systems, digital fusing systems, and propulsion improvements. ...

Cranston, Rhode Island. September 27, 2023– SyQwest Inc., a leading supplier of tactical solutions for US Navy surface ship and submarine sonar systems and components, announced today that the U.S. Navy has awarded it a five-year ID/IQ contract with a maximum value at completion of $18.9M.

Under the contract, SyQwest Inc will produce large spherical array (LSA) and wide aperture array (WAA) outboard electronic bottles (OBE) used on the US Navy fleet of attack class submarines...

Cranston, Rhode Island. September 27, 2023 – SyQwest Inc., a leading supplier of tactical solutions for US Navy surface ship and submarine sonar systems and components, announced today that the U.S. Navy has awarded it a five-year ID/IQ contract with a maximum value at completion of $2.5M

Under the contract, SyQwest Inc will produce DT-100/DT-699 submarine power cables. These cables connect to the High Frequency Sail Array receive array hydrophone modules which are installed on US Navy attack class submarines.

Additionally, Syqwest Inc has received a NAVSEA S9320-AM-PRO-020 certification to manufacture submarine cables making it one of only a few US Navy suppliers in the country to earn this qualification. As a result, Syqwest Inc is now an approved vendor to fabricate, mold and inspect outboard cable assemblies for the US Navy...

Cranston, Rhode Island. August 28, 2023 – SyQwest Inc., a leading supplier of tactical solutions for US Navy surface ship and submarine sonar systems and components, announced today that the U.S. Navy has awarded it a five-year ID/IQ contract, TR-364.

SyQwest Inc. was awarded an $18,590,131 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract containing firm-fixed-price provisions to produce transducer projectors and spare parts. Work will be performed in Cranston, Rhode Island, and the ordering period will be completed by August 2028.

The high-frequency sail array projector forms an integral component of the submarine's active sonar system...

Cranston, Rhode Island. July 6, 2023 –SyQwest Inc., a leading supplier of tactical solutions for US Navy surface ship and submarine sonar systems and components, announced today that the U.S. Navy has awarded it a five-year ID/IQ contract in the amount of $16.6 M.

Under the contract, SyQwest Inc will manufacture, and test the NGG which is a replacement for the Navy’s AN/WQC-2A Underwater Communication system.

The Naval Undersea Warfare Center in Keyport, Washington, is the contracting agency. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center (NUWC) is the Navy's full-spectrum research, development, test and evaluation, engineering and fleet support center for submarines, autonomous underwater systems, and offensive and defensive weapons systems associated with undersea warfare....

Cranston, Rhode Island. June 20, 2023 –SyQwest Inc., a leading supplier of tactical solutions for US Navy surface ship and submarine sonar systems and components, announced today that the U.S. Navy has awarded it a five-year ID/IQ contract. Under the contract, SyQwest Inc will manufacture, and test TR-233 transducers used on the US Navy fleet of submarines....