
The U.S. Air Force awarded BAE Systems a contract worth about $279 million to provide multiple agencies with a range of radar support services, the company said Tuesday.The firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-reimbursable contract is for the Instrumentation Radar Support Program (IRSP) and is set to be incrementally obligated. It is a result of a competitive acquisition with one offer received.BAE Systems has managed IRSP, a government-administered co-op program, since 1985. It was established to provide agencies support with similar radar,…