Raytheon Wins $125M Contract for Alaska EW Radar from US DoD

The Missile Defense Agency is announcing the award of a competitive contract combining cost-plus-award-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee, and fixed-price-incentive-fee, to Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Woburn, Mass. The total value of this contract is estimated at $125,343,763. This contract also contains options, which, if exercised, will increase the cumulative contract value to $176,084,507. Under this contract, the contractor will upgrade the Early Warning Radar (EWR) at Clear Air Force Station (AFS), Alaska, with an option to upgrade the EWR at Cape Cod AFS, Mass. Work will be performed at Woburn, Mass., with subsequent efforts performed at Beale Air Force Base (AFB), Calif.; Peterson AFB, Colo.; Redstone Arsenal, Ala.; Clear AFS, Alaska; and, if the option is exercised, Cape Cod AFS, Mass. The performance period is from July 25, 2012 through Sept. 30, 2017. This contract was competitively procured via publication on the Federal Business Opportunities website with only one proposal received. This is a joint Missile Defense Agency/Air Force effort and will be funded by fiscal 2012 through 2017 Missile Defense Agency Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation (RDT&E) funds, and Air Force Other Procurement funds. Fiscal 2012 RDT&E incremental funding in the amount of $8,840,477, and Air Force procurement funding in the amount of $19,150,772, is obligated at this time. The Missile Defense Agency, Huntsville, Ala., is the contracting activity