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Contract Award: Raytheon (El Segundo, California) – $175,050,289

Raytheon, El Segundo, California, has been awarded a $175,050,289 indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for the B-2 Advanced High Frequency Radar Components and end items. This contract provides for overhaul and repair of the B-2 Advanced High Frequency Radar Components and end items. Work will be performed in El Segundo, California, and is expected to be completed by July 31, 2033. This contract was a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance funds in the amount of $24,558,473 are being obligated at time of award. The Air Force Sustainment Center, Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, is the contracting activity (FA8119-23-D-0002).
 
Archer Aviation Inc., San Jose, California, was awarded an $110,000,000 firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for Midnight Based Advanced Vertical Lift. This contract is a Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase III to iteratively conduct government operational experimentation on military installation for government-owned, government-operated flight operations to execute and experiment with key missions or mission elements to substantiate government use cases, concept of operations/mission design, and cost/benefit analyses of the Midnight aircraft that extend, derive, and complete previously awarded SBIR Phase I and II efforts. Work will be performed in San Jose, California, and is expected to be completed by July 31, 2028. This contract was a sole-source acquisition. Fiscal 2023 research, development, test, and evaluation funds in the amount of $1,293,077 are being obligated at time of award. AFWERX Enterprise Contracting, Dayton, Ohio, is the contracting activity (FA2280-23-D-0001).



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