Contract Award: BAE Systems Information and Electronics Systems Integration Nashua New Hampshire (FA8604-19-D-4021); The Boeing Co. Defense Space & Security St. Louis Missouri (FA8604-19-D-4022); General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. GS-ASI Poway California (FA8604-19-D-4020); Goodrich Corp. UTC Aerospace Systems ISR Systems Westford Massachusetts (FA8604-19-D-4023);  Harris Corp. Electronic Systems Integrated Electronic Warfare Systems Clifton New Jersey (FA8604-19-D-4027); Lockheed Martin Corp. Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co. Fort Worth Texas (FA8604-19-D-4026);  Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems Melbourne Florida (FA8604-19-D-4024); and Raytheon Co. Raytheon (El Segundo, California (FA8604-19-D-40250) – $22,500,000

BAE Systems Information and Electronics Systems Integration, Nashua, New Hampshire (FA8604-19-D-4021); The Boeing Co., Defense, Space & Security, St. Louis, Missouri (FA8604-19-D-4022); General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. GS-ASI, Poway, California (FA8604-19-D-4020); Goodrich Corp., UTC Aerospace Systems, ISR Systems, Westford, Massachusetts (FA8604-19-D-4023);  Harris Corp., Electronic Systems, Integrated Electronic Warfare Systems, Clifton, New Jersey (FA8604-19-D-4027); Lockheed Martin Corp., Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Co., Fort Worth, Texas (FA8604-19-D-4026);  Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Melbourne, Florida (FA8604-19-D-4024); and Raytheon Co., Raytheon, El Segundo, California (FA8604-19-D-40250), have been awarded $22,500,000 ceiling indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts for the formation of a collaborative working group of various industry partners to work as a single extended entity to develop, evolve, and update via pre-planned product improvement initiatives, as well as manage and provide configuration control of the Open Mission Systems and Universal Command and Control Interface standards, collectively referred to as the Open Architecture standards.  These contracts provide for the development, updating and management of the above standards with the following business goals: promote adaptability, flexibility, and expandability; support a variety of missions and domains; simplify integration; reduce technical risk and overall cost of ownership of weapon system programs; enable affordable technology refresh and capability evolution; enable reuse; enable independent development and deployment of system elements; and accommodate a range of cybersecurity approaches.  Work will be primarily performed in Nashua, New Hampshire; St. Louis, Missouri; Poway, California; Westford, Massachusetts; Clifton, New Hampshire; Fort Worth, Texas; and Melbourne, Florida, and is expected to be complete by Dec. 31, 2022.  This award is the result of a sole-source acquisition.  Air Force Life Cycle Management, Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, is the contracting activity. (Contracts awarded Dec. 14-18, 2018).