Forest earns partial radar pact

Raytheon of El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $40,950,000 firm-fixed-price delivery order against a previously issued Basic Ordering Agreement (N00019-10-G-0006) for the procurement of 15 AN/APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array Radar Systems in support of the F/A-18 E/F aircraft. Work will be performed in Forest, Miss. (50 percent); Andover, Mass. (30); and El Segundo (20). It is expected to be completed in November 2016. FY 2012 and 2014 Navy aircraft procurement funds of $40,950,000 are being obligated on this award - $10,920,000 of which will expire Sept. 30, 2014. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DOD 09/23/14)