United States, Sept. 24 -- The Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, is being awarded a noncompetitive cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00073) to previously awarded contract HQ0147-17-C-0046. The value of this modification is $41,424,387, bringing the total contract value to $61,730,731. Under this modification, Draper will provide mission essential engineering support to implement critical process improvements for Aegis-Based Standard Missile-3 (SM-3) Bridge Chip production. Work will be performed in Cambridge, Massachusetts; and St. Petersburg, Florida, with an estimated completion date of Oct. 10, 2029. This contract permits other than full and open competition in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 3204(a)(3)(B) and...