US Department of Defense, Raytheon Co., Tucson, Ariz., is being awarded a $6,027,183 ceiling-priced modification to a previously awarded firm-fixed-price contract (N00019-04-C-0006) to exercise an option for the lot 6 production of 2 AIM-9X tactical missiles for the government of Denmark; 23 captive air training missiles for the Air Force; and 3 special air training missiles for the Air Force.
In addition, this option provides for 13 containers for the Air Force and 1 for the government of Denmark; spares for the Air Force (1) and the government of Denmark (2); and 1 warhead for the government of Denmark.
Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz. (92 percent); Rocket Center, W.Va. (5 percent); and Andover, Mass. (3 percent), and is expected to be completed in April 2008.
This contract combines purchases for the Air Force ($4,950,195; 82.1 percent) and the government of Denmark ($1,076,988; 17.9 percent) under the Foreign Military Sales Act. 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.
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