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Contract Award: Raytheon Missile and Defense (Tucson, Arizona) – $17,514,310

Raytheon Missile and Defense, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $17,514,310 cost-plus-fixed-fee modification (P00013) to a previously awarded contract (N0001920C0071).  This modification adds scope to procure 40 learn to build AIM-9X Systems Improvement Program (SIP) III configured guidance units (GUs), and associated nonrecurring tooling and test equipment to support build and checkout of the SIP III GUs in a production factory environment for the Navy and Air Force. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona (52%); North Logan, Utah (10.9%); Saint Albans, Vermont (9.3%); Linthicum Heights, Maryland (5.8%); Murrieta, California (5.72%); Goleta, California (2.53%); Heilbronn, Germany (2.2%); Ann Arbor, Michigan (1.95%); Minneapolis, Minnesota (1.95%); Anaheim, California (1.62%); San Diego, California (1.37%); Midland, Canada (1.22%); and various locations within the continental U.S. (3.44%), and is expected to be completed in July 2024. Fiscal 2022 weapons procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $8,149,730; and fiscal 2021 missile procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $8,149,730 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.



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