Raytheon Wins $263M Order for AIM-9X Sidewinder Missiles

Raytheon Missiles and Defense, Tucson, Arizona, is awarded a $263,717,654 modification (P00010) to a previously awarded fixed-price incentive (firm-target) contract (N0001921C0723).

This modification exercises options for the production and delivery of AIM-9X missile production Lot 23 requirements to include:
–571 AIM-9X Block II all up round tactical missiles (91: Navy, 257: Air Force, 223: Foreign Military Sales (FMS) customers);
–48 Block II captive air training missiles (38: Navy, 10: Air Force);
–185 all-up-round containers (62: Navy, 67: Air Force, 56: FMS customers);
–11 spare advanced optical target detectors (5: Navy, 6: Air Force);
–eight spare advanced optical target detector containers (2: Navy, 6: Air Force);
–31 spare Block II guidance units (live battery) (21: Navy, 10: Air Force);
–54 spare Block II captive air training missile guidance units (inert battery) (41: Navy, 13: Air Force);
–two Block I tactical sectionalization kits for the Air Force;
–seven Block II tactical sectionalization kits (4: Navy, 2: Air Force, 1: FMS customer);
–10 Block II captive air training missile anti-tank missile sectionalization kits (9: Navy, 1: FMS customer);
–one support equipment for FMS customer;
–three other lot spare assets for the Navy, Air Force, and one FMS customer, as well as non-recurring engineering associated with Systems Improvement Program III transition to production activities.

Work will be performed in North Logan, Utah (28.09%); Tucson, Arizona (21.64%); Linthicum Heights, Maryland (18.88%); Minneapolis, Minnesota (11.46%); Marietta, California (8.42%); Saint Albans, Vermont (7.75%); Ann Arbor, Michigan (1.44%); Warrington, Pennsylvania (1.22%); and various locations outside the continental U.S. (1.1%), and is expected to be completed in August 2026.

Fiscal 2021 weapons procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $3,413,162; fiscal 2021 missile procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $139,381; fiscal 2022 weapons procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $2,524,580; fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation (Air Force) funds in the amount of $548,782; fiscal 2022 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $456,289; fiscal 2022 missile procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $190,841; fiscal 2023 missile procurement (Air Force) funds in the amount of $98,450,714; fiscal 2023 weapons procurement (Navy) funds in the amount of $55,416,050; fiscal 2023 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $2,485,155; and FMS customer funds in the amount of $100,092,700 will be obligated at the time of award, of which $7,042,769 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year.

The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.

Source: US Department of Defense

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