U.S. NAVY
(Defenselink -- 7 April 2004) Raytheon Systems d/b/a Raytheon Systems Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded an $82,422,619 firm-fixed-price contract for Lot 4 production of 314 AIM-9X tactical missiles for the Navy (64), Air Force (186) and the government of Korea (64); 125 captive air training missiles for the Navy (38), Air Force (70) and the governments of Korea (14) and Finland (3); 4 dummy air training missiles for the government of Korea; and 122 containers for the Navy (29), Air Force (72) and the governments of Korea (20) and Finland (1). In addition the contract procures a mentor-protégé program to enhance the industrial base. This contract combines purchases of the Air Force ($45,524,170; 55 percent), Navy ($17,795,345; 22 percent), DOD ($400,707; .5 percent) and the governments of Korea ($18,228,976; 22 percent), and Finland ($464,364; .5 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz. (84 percent); Rocket Center, W.Va. (13 percent) and Andover, Mass. (3 percent), and is expected to be completed in April 2006. This contract was not competitively procured. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md. is the contracting activity (N00019-04-C-0006).