Two Carlsbad firms are celebrating their latest Navy contracts, with a combined value of more than $37 million.
RQ-Berg Joint Venture of Carlsbad was awarded $25.33 million for work under a previously awarded multiple award contract for design and construction of Camp Wilson infrastructure upgrades at the Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, the Defense Department said Thursday.
Previously announced contracts to RQ-Berg have totaled $40.5 million since 2006, according to a site that tracks such awards.
Satellite Internet service provider ViaSat Inc. of Carlsbad is being awarded a $12.3 million for the repair of the Multifunctional Information Distribution Systems used on various aircraft platforms.
Since 2006, ViaSat has won at least $784 million in Pentagon contracts — from 37 projects, according to militaryindustrialcomplex.com.
Work, to be done in Carlsbad, is expected to be finished by April 2018.
The RQ-Berg Joint Venture work includes camp communication gear, an overhead and underground electrical power system from main base, latrines, storage and supporting facilities, a new gallon potable water tank and pump house, demolition of an existing potable water tank, and electrical distribution to the Aviation Combat Element compound, the Unmanned Aerial System compound and the Marine Air Ground Task Force compound.
Work, to be done at Twentynine Palms, is expected to be completed by April 2017.
