NAVY
(Defenselink -- 8
December 2006) Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a
$67,659,959 firm-fixed-price contract for the procurement of 222 Lot 7
Production AIM-9X Tactical Missiles for the U.S. Navy (126) and U.S. Air Force
(96). In addition, this contract provides for the procurement of 153 Captive Air
Training Missiles (CATMs) for the U.S. Navy (48), U.S. Air Force (87), and
Switzerland (18) and 105 containers for the U.S. Navy (49), U.S. Air Force (51)
and Switzerland (5). Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz. (93 percent) and
Andover, Mass. (7 percent) and is expected to be completed in April 2009.
Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This
contract was not competitively procured. This contract combines purchases for
the U.S. Air Force ($32,573,982; 48 percent), U.S. Navy ($31,712,226; 47
percent); and Switzerland ($3,373,751; 5 percent) under the Foreign
Military Sales Program. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River,
Md. is the contracting activity (N00019-07-C-0008).