U.S. NAVY
(Defenselink -- 17 July 2006) Raytheon Co., Integrated Defense Systems, Portsmouth, R.I., is being awarded a $13,000,000 firm-fixed-price contract for the fabrication, assembly, test, and delivery of 52 MK 20 MOD 1 canisters on behalf of the Governments of Japan (88 percent) and Canada (12 percent) under the foreign military sales program. The MK 20 MOD 1 canister holds a RIM-7 Sea Sparrow missile in the MK 48 guided missile vertical launching system (GMVLS). The MK 48 GMVLS is the launcher for the Sea Sparrow surface-to-air ship self-defense missile. Work will be performed at the facility of Raytheon's sub contractor, Stork Fokker, in Hoogeveen, Netherlands, and is expected to be completed by February 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-06-C-5435).