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Contract Award: Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems (Marlborough, Massachusetts) – $57,614,243

Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, Marlborough, Massachusetts, is awarded a $57,614,243 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00039-16-C-0050) to exercise an option to produce, test and deliver fully integrated Navy Multiband Terminals (NMT).  NMT is a multiband capable satellite communications terminal that provides protected and wideband communications. NMT supports extremely high frequency (EHF) / advanced EHF low data rate / medium ata rate / extended data rate; super high frequency; military ka (transmit and receive), and global broadcast service receive-only communications. Work will be performed in Largo, Florida (54 percent); South Deerfield, Massachusetts (25 percent); Stow, Massachusetts (13 percent); Marlborough, Massachusetts (8 percent), and is expected to be completed by December 2020.  Fiscal 2019 operations and maintenance (Navy); fiscal 2019 shipbuilding and conversion (Navy); and fiscal 2018 and 2019 other procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $57,614,243 will be obligated at the time of award. Funds will not expire at the end of the fiscal year. This sole-source contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S. Code. 2304(c)(1).  The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, San Diego, California, is the contracting activity.



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