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Contract Award: Raytheon Co. – Raytheon Intelligence & Space (McKinney, Texas) – $9,995,709

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, August 11th, 2023

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Raytheon Co. – Raytheon Intelligence & Space,* McKinney, Texas, has been awarded a $9,995,709 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Persistent Optical Wireless Energy Relay Program. Work will be performed at El Segundo, California (75%); Kent, Washington (5%); Albuquerque, New Mexico (12%); and Mojave, California (8%), with an expected completion date of May 13, 2025. Fiscal 2023 advanced research funds in the amount of $700,000 are being obligated at time of award. This contract was a competitive acquisition in accordance with the original Broad Agency Announcement (HR001123S0004). The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Arlington, Virginia, is the contracting activity (HR001123C0144).

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