JRC Integrated Systems Gets $47.4M SLCM-N Support Contract

JRC Integrated Systems LLC is receiving a $47.39 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract modification to provide technical and engineering support for the U.S. Navy’s Nuclear-Armed Sea-Launched Cruise Missile, or SLCM-N, program.

According to the contract announcement from Strategic Systems Programs, the modification, designated P00007, applies to previously awarded contract N0003026C7001 and includes optional line items. The work is intended to support engineering, integration, testing, modeling, prototyping, nuclear command and control functions, and program management for the developing SLCM-N capability.

The award is part of a broader Navy effort to develop a new nuclear-armed regional strike capability. Strategic Systems Programs is responsible for the SLCM-N effort alongside its existing responsibilities for the Navy’s sea-based strategic weapons enterprise. Navy materials identify SLCM-N as one of the regional strike capabilities being developed by SSP.

Scope of the JRC Integrated Systems SLCM-N Contract

The modification provides a wide range of technical and program support rather than representing a disclosed production order for completed missiles.

The contract tasks include systems engineering and system integration, test and flight-test engineering, modeling and simulation, prototyping oversight, system design documentation and interface management.

JRC will also support configuration management, Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications, executive-level nuclear weapons subject matter expertise, tactical nuclear weapons subject matter expertise, and program management and acquisition activities.

This combination of engineering and program support reflects the range of activities required to move a complex weapons system through design, integration, testing and acquisition.

The announcement does not disclose a missile production quantity, operational deployment date, missile range, warhead yield, propulsion configuration or other SLCM-N performance specifications.

SLCM-N Technical and Operational Context

SLCM-N is being developed as a nuclear-armed sea-launched cruise missile capability within the Navy’s regional strike portfolio. Strategic Systems Programs describes the system as a future regional strike capability alongside the Navy’s non-nuclear Conventional Prompt Strike program.

The current contract activity is focused heavily on the engineering infrastructure required to mature the program. Systems integration, configuration management, modeling and simulation, testing and interface management are particularly important for a weapon that must operate as part of a larger naval combat system.

SSP announced in November 2025 that it had awarded prototype agreements to Northrop Grumman Mission Systems and Pacific Engineering for SLCM-N launcher and canister development. That work involves a launcher subsystem intended to integrate with a Virginia Payload Tube and connect the missile subsystem with submarine shipboard systems.

The earlier prototype activity provides context for the engineering support now being funded through the JRC modification. However, the contract announcement does not state that JRC is responsible for the launcher or canister work awarded to those companies.

Operational Impact on U.S. Navy Regional Strike Capabilities

The Navy’s SLCM-N effort is being developed within SSP, the organization responsible for major elements of the service’s sea-based strategic weapons enterprise.

SSP currently supports the Trident II D5LE Strategic Weapon System on Ohio-class ballistic missile submarines and is supporting the transition of strategic weapon system capabilities to the Columbia-class submarine. The command is also developing SLCM-N and Conventional Prompt Strike as future regional strike capabilities.

The JRC award therefore supports more than an individual engineering activity. It provides specialized technical and acquisition personnel for a program that must coordinate missile development, submarine interfaces, testing, nuclear weapons expertise and command-and-control requirements.

The presence of Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications and nuclear weapons subject matter expertise in the task list also shows that the contract extends beyond conventional missile engineering. The announcement, however, does not provide specific details about the SLCM-N’s NC3 architecture or operational employment procedures.

Contract Breakdown: JRC Integrated Systems SLCM-N Award Details

Contract Value

The modification is valued at $47,393,736, including optional line items.

The announcement identifies the action as a cost-plus-fixed-fee modification to contract N0003026C7001. The $47.39 million figure should not be interpreted as an immediate cash obligation for the entire amount.

Contractor

JRC Integrated Systems LLC is the contractor receiving the modification.

Contract Type

The award is a cost-plus-fixed-fee modification, designated P00007, to an existing contract.

The acquisition was conducted as a sole-source procurement under 10 U.S. Code 3204(a)(1) and had previously been synopsized through the System for Award Management, or SAM.gov.

Work Locations

The announcement allocates the work as follows:

Performance Period

Work is expected to continue through Nov. 30, 2030.

Funding

The Navy will obligate $10,141,419 in Fiscal Year 2025 Research, Development, Test & Evaluation, Navy funds on the award.

The announcement states that none of the obligated funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.

Options or Follow-On Work

The $47.39 million contract value includes optional line items. The announcement does not provide additional quantities, option exercise dates or separate future funding amounts beyond the information contained in the award notice.

JRC Integrated Systems Defense Industrial Base and Acquisition Impact

The award illustrates the specialized engineering support required as the Navy advances SLCM-N through development.

For the defense industrial base, the work spans systems engineering, testing, modeling, configuration management, nuclear weapons expertise and acquisition support. Those functions require coordination between government program offices, engineering organizations, submarine integration activities and other industry participants.

The Navy has also been building specialized technical expertise within SSP as it expands its portfolio. In 2025, SSP described SLCM-N as one of the systems supported by its technical workforce training and qualification activities, alongside the Trident II D5 strategic weapon system and Conventional Prompt Strike.

The broader SLCM-N effort is therefore developing both hardware and the engineering, testing and program-management structure needed to mature the weapon system.

Program Milestones and Next Steps

The JRC modification extends technical and engineering support through November 2030. The immediate focus described in the award is systems engineering, integration, testing, modeling and simulation, prototyping oversight, documentation, configuration management, NC3 support and acquisition management.

The Navy has already moved into prototype development activities for the SLCM-N launcher and canister subsystem. In September 2025, SSP awarded prototype agreements to Northrop Grumman Mission Systems and Pacific Engineering for that work, with the agreements scheduled to run through September 2026.

The latest JRC award indicates that the program is simultaneously building the engineering and acquisition framework needed to support continued system development.

The contract announcement does not establish an operational deployment date for SLCM-N. It also does not disclose the final missile design, production schedule, submarine deployment plan or operational test schedule.