Raytheon-Forest gets 35% of pact

Raytheon Co. of Goleta, Calif., is awarded a not-to-exceed $34,603,209 undefinitized contract action to provide for non-recurring production start-up and non-recurring engineering for the F/A-18 CD-108B/ALE-50(V) Control, Dispenser, Decoy, Countermeasures Integrated Multi-Platform Launch Controller (IMPLC) Lot 13 full-rate production for the government of Kuwait, including the procurement of 38 IMPLCs. In addition, this contract provides for the induction and repair of IMPLC assets, in support of the Navy. Work will be performed in Goleta (50%); Forest, Miss. (35%); and Andover, Mass. (15%), and is expected to be completed in March 2021. FY 2018 Navy aircraft procurement; and Foreign Military Sales (FMS) funds in the amount of $12,558,940 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured pursuant to 10 U.S. Code 2304(c)(1). This contract combines purchase for the Navy ($2,567,000; 7.5%); and the government of Kuwait ($32,036,209; 92.5%) under the FMS program. Naval Air Systems Command of Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD 07/30/18)