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Contract Award: Raytheon Co. (Tucson, Arizona) – $36,733,180

Raytheon Co., Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $36,733,180 firm-fixed-price contract for the engineering, test equipment, material and management necessary to transition the Evolved Seasparrow Missile Block 2 program into full rate production. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona (58%); Richmond, Australia (12%); Cambridge, Canada (5%); San Jose, California (4%); Colorado Springs, Colorado (3%); Grenaa, Denmark (2%); Raufoss, Norway (2%); Mosheim, Tennessee (2%); Marinha Granda, Portugal (2%); Ankara, Turkey (2%); Santa Rosa, California (2%); Koropi Attica, Greece (1%); Madrid, Spain (1%); Westlake Village, California (less than 1%); Gilbert, Arizona (less than 1%); San Diego, California (less than 1%); Phoenix, Arizona (less than 1%); Mississauga, Canada (less than 1%); Irvine, California (less than 1%); and Corning, New York (less than 1%). Work is expected to complete by September 2023. Fiscal 2021 other customer funds in the amount of $27,303,139 (74%); and fiscal 2020 other customer funds in the amount of $9,430,041 (26%) will be obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(4) — international agreement between the U.S. and foreign government or international organization. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-21-C-5417).



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