Contract Award: Raytheon Missiles & Defense (Tucson, Arizona) – $22,576,051

Raytheon Missiles & Defense, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $22,576,051 firm-fixed-price modification to a previously awarded undefinitized contract (M67854-22-D-1000). Modification P00001 increases the not-to-exceed total from $21,164,178 to $42,990,229 and defines Contract Line Item No. 0032 for $750,000. This modification provides for the production of the Navy/Marine Corps Expeditionary Ship Interdiction System (NMESIS) Naval Strike Missile (NSM) Launcher Unit (NLU) and Weapon Control System (WCS) Production Representative Models. NMESIS is a land-based missile launcher platform that provides the Fleet Marine Force with an anti-ship capability. NMESIS integrates a NLU, capable of launching two NSMs, onto a Remotely Operated Ground Unit for Expeditionary Fires carrier. The NLU is controlled by the WCS located externally in a command and control vehicle. Work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona (15%); Mooresville, North Carolina (15%); and Kongsberg, Norway (70%). Work is expected to be completed in December 2023. Fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation (Marine Corps) funds in the amount of $12,028,924 are being obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Marine Corps Systems Command, Quantico, Virginia, is the contracting activity (M67854-22-D-1000 P00001).