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DEFENSE NEWS: U.S. DoD Awarded Contract To Raytheon For Radar
& Electronic Systems Related To U.S. Navy F/A-18
(NSI News
Source Info) TORONTO, Canada – March 2, 2012: Raytheon Co., Space and Airborne Systems, Goleta, Calif., is being
awarded a $77,267,880 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price
contract (N00019-09-C-0052) to exercise an option for 89 full rate production
Lot 14 AN/ALR-67(V)3 radar warning receivers, and nine countermeasure signal
processor weapons replacement assemblies.
The AN/ALR-67(V)3 enhances pilot situational awareness by providing
accurate identification, lethality, and azimuth displays of hostile and
friendly emitters. It also controls the
electronic warfare data bus and interfaces with electronic warfare systems, the
onboard radar, airborne mission computer, and the F/A-18 weapon systems.
Work will be performed in Forest, Miss. (34 percent); Lansdale, Pa. (18
percent); Goleta, Calif. (17 percent); Chatsworth, Calif. (11 percent); San
Diego, Calif. (10 percent); Sydney, Australia (4 percent); Milwaukie, Ore. (3
percent); and McKinney, Texas (3 percent).
Work is expected to be completed in December 2014. 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.
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