Security Cooperation News -- 18 November 2004

U.S. NAVY

(Defenselink -- 18 November 2004) Raytheon Systems d/b/a Raytheon Systems Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $158,222,040 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-04-C-0006) to exercise an option for the procurement of AIM-9X Tactical Missiles for the U.S. Air Force (178) and the U.S. Navy (93), and the Governments of Poland (178), Denmark (60), South Korea (41), and Switzerland (1 Lot (quantity classified); Captive Air Training Missiles for the U.S. Air Force (70) and the U.S. Navy (42), and the Governments of Denmark (32); Poland (20), and Switzerland (3); and containers for the U.S. Air Force (69) and the U.S. Navy (39), and the Governments of Denmark (28), Switzerland (24), and South Korea (10). This contract combines purchases of the U.S. Air Force ($43,397,637; 27 percent), U.S. Navy ($23,559,216; 15 percent), and the Governments of Poland ($46,416,730; 29 percent); Switzerland ($18,852,323; 12 percent); Denmark ($16,000,976; 10 percent); and South Korea ($9,995,158; 7 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. 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.