Forrest gets 45% of Navy contract

Raytheon Co. of Goleta, Calif., is awarded $29,790,677 for modification (PZ0001) to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-18-C-1055). This modification provides for Lot 14 full-rate production of 82 F/A18 CD-108B/ALE-50(V) Control, Dispenser, Decoy, Countermeasures Integrated Multi-platform Launch Controllers. Work will be performed in Forrest, Miss. (45%); Andover, Mass. (25); Goleta (20); and various locations within the continental U.S. (10), and is expected to be completed in February 2022. FY 2017 and 2019 Navy aircraft procurement funds in the amount of $29,790,677 will be obligated at time of award - $26,850,000 of which will expire at the end Sept. 30. Naval Air Systems Command of Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity. (Source: DoD 08/08/19)