Miss. Raytheon-Boeing re-partner

Boeing of St. Louis is being awarded $10,236,136 for cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery order (0200) against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N00019-11-G-0001) to conduct an engineering change proposal for the 5th and 6th Receiver Channel Wiring in support of the AN/APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) Radio Detection and Ranging for the Navy. Thirty percent of the work will be done at Raytheon’s Forest, Miss., plant that produces APG-79 active electronically scanned array radars for F/A-18 Super Hornets. Other work sites include Andover, Mass (40%); El Segundo, Calif. (20%); and St. Louis (10%). Work is expected to be completed in January 2016. FY 2014 Navy aircraft procurement funds in the amount of $10,236,136 are being obligated on this award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. Forest-Raytheon has been a multi-year contract partner with Boeing to produce and deliver APG-79 AESA radars. The APG-79 AESA radar hardware has 10-to-15 times greater reliability compared to mechanically scanned array radars, according to Raytheon’s website. (Source: DOD 06/12/14)