US Navy Awards AIM-9M Upgrade Contract for Pakistan, Malaysia, Korea and Canada

Released on Wednesday, April 25, 2007

Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $30,141,985 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed price contract (N00019-03-C-0003) for the upgrade of 268 AIM-9M missiles for the Governments of Pakistan (200), Malaysia (57), and Korea (11); and for 229 Circuit Card Assembly kits for the Government of Canada. Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz. (84 percent); Rocket Center, W.Va. (13 percent); and Andover, Mass. (3 percent), and is expected to be completed in April 2009. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract combines purchases for the Governments of Pakistan ($21,355,000; 70.8%); Malaysia ($6,086,175; 20.2%); Canada ($1,526,285; 5.1%) and Korea ($1,174,525; 3.9%) under the Foreign Military Sales Program. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.