Raytheon Wins $61M Contract for Tactical Missiles from US Navy

Raytheon Co., Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $61,869,792 firm-fixed-price, fixed-price-incentive-firm contract for the lot 11, low rate initial production of 60 AIM-9X Block II All Up Round tactical missiles, 30 for the Navy and 30 for the Air Force; 60 Block II captive air training missiles, 20 for the Navy and 40 for the Air Force; 60 Block II active optical target detectors, 30 for the Navy and 30 for the Air Force; 34 containers, 14 for the Navy and 20 for the Air Force; and associated tooling for the Navy and the Air Force. Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz. (39.85 percent); Andover, Mass. (14.36 percent); Midland, Ontario, Canada (6.60 percent); Vancouver, Wash. (6.21 percent); various locations inside the continental United States (5.89 percent); Goleta, Calif. (4.04 percent); Rocket Center, W.Va. (2.95 percent); Valencia, Calif. (2.81 percent); Heilbronn, Germany (2.20 percent); El Cajon, Calif. (2.13 percent); Cheshire, Conn. (2.03 percent); Chatsworth, Calif. (1.89 percent); Cincinnati, Ohio (1.80 percent); San Jose, Calif. (1.60 percent); Montgomery, Ala (1.40 percent); Anniston, Ala. (1.18 percent); Newbury Park, Calif. (1.08 percent); San Diego, Calif. (0.94 percent); Orlando, Fla. (0.77 percent); and various locations outside the continental United States (0.27 percent). Work is expected to be completed in April 2013. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to FAR 6.302.1. This contract combines purchases for the Air Force ($34,539,747; 55.83 percent) and the Navy ($27,330,045; 44.17 percent).