According to the Department of Defense, “Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) is being awarded a $57, 170, 653 modification to existing previously awarded contract (N00024-07-C-5432) for Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) production support and technical engineering tasks needed to support missile production, which are not directly associated with the manufacture of missile hardware. This contract modification procures production support and engineering technical support for the ESSMs for the NATO Sea Sparrow consortium and United Arab Emirates. These tasks include missile improvement, support equipment improvement, software engineering and improvement, reliability monitoring, system safety monitoring, quality assurance, risk management, test equipment, parts control, obsolete materials, manufacturing qualification, logistics impacts, and other activities needed to support the engineering of an effective ESSM missile for NATO and the United Arab Emirates. The NATO Sea Sparrow consortium, which includes the United States, Australia, Canada, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Netherlands, Norway, Spain, and Turkey, will fund the effort under this contract modification. Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz., (45 percent), Australia (11 percent), Andover, Mass. (10 percent), Germany (8 percent), Canada (7 percent), The Netherlands (6 percent), Norway (5 percent), Spain (3 percent), Camden, Ark. (2 percent), Denmark (1 percent), Greece (1 percent), and Turkey (1 percent). Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.
Also, the MDA is announcing “the award of a sole-source cost-plus-incentive-fee modification to Raytheon under the HQ0006-03-C-0047 contract. The total award value is $8, 936, 288. Under this modification, Raytheon will perform superdome obsolescence redesign, including system enhancements, technological improvements, and new products supporting the X-band radars. The work will be performed in Woburn, Mass. The performance period is from February 2011 through June 2011. Fiscal year 2011 Research, Development, Test and Evaluation funds will be used to incrementally fund this effort in the amount of $2, 500, 000. The Missile Defense Agency is the contracting activity (HQ0147).”
