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Navy Releases Draft RFP For Air And Missile Defense Radar

Thursday, April 19th, 2012

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The Navy released its draft Request for Proposals (RFP) for its Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) program Monday, according to a notice posted on Federal Business Opportunities. The Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) says it intends to award the following via a full and open competition, according to the notice: · One Cost-Plus-Incentive-Fee base contract with fixed-price incentive-firm target options for Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) and non-recurring engineering effort for AMDR S-band radar (AMDR-S) and AMDR Radar Suite…

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