United States Navy Orders More ATFLIR Targeting Pods

Released on Wednesday, December 26, 2007

Raytheon Co., El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $77,515,375 modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-06-C-0310) to exercise an option for the procurement of 27 Full Rate Production Lot 6 Advanced Targeting Forward Looking Infrared pods for the F/A-18A+/C/D and F/A-18E/F aircraft. Work will be performed in El Segundo, Calif. (60 percent) and McKinney, Texas (40 percent), and work is expected to be completed in Nov. 2010. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity.