TEWKSBURY, Mass., Aug. 19, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company
(NYSE: RTN) has been awarded a $92,069,954 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for
the engineering and manufacturing development of the Enterprise Air
Surveillance Radar. EASR will consist of two configuration
variants: Variant 1, a rotating phased array; and Variant 2, a
three-face fixed-phased array.
Raytheon will build, integrate and test an EASR engineering
development model (EDM). The base contract begins with design work
leading to preliminary design review, and culminating with system
acceptance of the EDM at the end of testing. This contract
includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative
value of this contract to $723,063,945.
Work will be performed in Sudbury,
Massachusetts (63.6 percent); Fairfax, Virginia (9.5 percent); Andover, Massachusetts (7.2 percent);
Stafford Springs, Connecticut (4.2
percent); East Syracuse, New York
(4.0 percent); High Ridge,
Missouri (2.6 percent); Flemington, New Jersey (2.0 percent);
Indianapolis, Indiana (1.9
percent); Lawrenceville, Georgia
(1.8 percent); Eau Claire,
Wisconsin (1.7 percent); and Big
Lake, Minnesota (1.5 percent), and is expected to be
completed by February 2020.
Fiscal 2016 research, development, test and evaluation funding
in the amount of $11,000,000 will be
obligated at time of award and will not expire at the end of the
current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured via
the Federal Business Opportunities website, with one offer
received. The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington Navy Yard,
District of Columbia, is the
contracting activity (N00024-16-C-5370).
About Raytheon
Raytheon Company, with 2015 sales of
$23 billion and 61,000 employees, is
a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil
government and cybersecurity solutions. With a history of
innovation spanning 94 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art
electronics, mission systems integration,
C5I™ products and services, sensing,
effects, and mission support for customers in more than 80
countries. Raytheon is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts. Follow us on Twitter
@Raytheon.
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