Raytheon Bags USD 223 Mln Missile Contract

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Raytheon Bags USD 223 Mln Missile Contract

Raytheon Co., Missile Systems, Tucson, Arizona, is being awarded a $223,081,894 fixed-price-incentive-firm contract for the procurement of 485 AIM-9X Block II All Up Round Tactical Low Rate Initial Production Lot 14 Missiles for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and the governments of Singapore, the Netherlands, Kuwait, and Turkey.

 

In addition, this contract provides for the procurement of 132 Block II Captive Air Training Missiles for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and the governments of the Netherlands, Singapore, and Morocco; 27 Special Air Training Missiles for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and the government of the Netherlands; 180 All Up Round Containers for the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, and the governments of the Netherlands, Morocco, Singapore, and Turkey; two Spare Advanced Optical Target Detectors for the governments of Singapore, and Morocco; 10 Spare Tactical Guidance Units for the governments of the Netherlands, Singapore, and Turkey; and seven Spare Captive Air Training Missile Guidance Units for the governments of the Netherlands and Singapore.

Work is expected to be completed in December 2016.

Fiscal 2014 weapons procurement (Navy) and missile procurement (Air Force), as well as foreign military funds in the amount of $223,081,894 are being obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.

This contract combines purchases for the U.S. Navy ($74 million; 33.20 percent); U.S. Air Force ($74 million; 33.24 percent); and the governments of Turkey; the Netherlands; Singapore; Morocco; and Kuwait under the Foreign Military Sales Program.

This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302-1. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

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Press Release, June 26, 2014; Image: Raytheon