Contract: Raytheon, $254.6M

Raytheon Co., Fullerton, Calif., is being awarded a $254,550,316 cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for the design, development, manufacture, integration, demonstration, and test of the Joint Precision Approach and Landing System. This contract will utilize and continue development of eight existing engineering development models (EDMs); and deliver two additional EDMs to support fleet early operational capability requirements for F-35B/C and MQ-25 test and initial operational requirements aboard nuclear aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships. In addition, this contract will deliver weapons replaceable assemblies, a technical data package, and provide developmental test and operational test support. Work will be performed in Fullerton (71 percent); Cedar Rapids, Iowa (26 percent); Marlborough, Mass. (2 percent); and Indianapolis, Ind. (1 percent), and is expected to be completed in September 2022. The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-16-C-0052). (Source: DoD, 09/21/16)