Boeing Wins $145M Contract for Export Harpoons from US DoD

The Boeing Co., St. Louis, Mo., was awarded June 29 a $145,090,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 34 Harpoon missile bodies; two encapsulated Harpoon certification training vehicles; 41 tactical air launch all up rounds (AURs) for the governments of Saudi Arabia (20) and India (21); eight exercise AURs for the governments of Saudi Arabia (5) and India (3); four captive air training missiles (CATMs) for the government of India; three spare guidance control units for the governments of Saudi Arabia (1) and India (2); two SLAM-ER CATMs for the government of Korea; 68 shipping containers for the governments of Taiwan (36), Saudi Arabia (15), India (15), and Korea (2); and associated Harpoon hardware for the U.S. Navy and the governments of Australia, Korea, Japan, Canada, Chile, Pakistan, Turkey, and the United Arab Emirates. Work will be performed in St. Charles, Mo. (34.6 percent); St. Louis, Mo. (20 percent); McKinney, Texas (8.9 percent); Toledo, Ohio (5.5 percent); Lititz, Pa. (2.4 percent); Elkton, Md. (2.2 percent); and various locations in (13.8 percent) and outside the continental U.S. (12.6 percent). Work is expected to be completed in December 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. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity