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Air Force Intends To Award Raytheon SDB II Aircraft Integration Contract

Pat Host

Thursday, August 21st, 2014

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Air Force Intends To Award Raytheon SDB II Aircraft Integration Contract

Artist's illustration of Raytheon's Small Diameter Bomb II. Photo: Raytheon.

The Air Force intends to award a sole-source contract to Raytheon [RTN] for Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB II) integration onto the F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter jet, according to a notice posted on Federal Business Opportunities (FBO). The contract would be a five-year, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (ID/IQ) deal that the service anticipates awarding by April. Raytheon is the prime contractor for SDB II while Boeing [BA] develops the F/A-18E/F. Integration would need to be completed by fiscal year 2019, according to the…

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