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 by Stephen Carlson Washington (UPI) Sep 20, 2018
Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems has received a $22 million contract modification for Lot 7 Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile production. The modification, announced Wednesday by the Department of Defense, provides for conversion of U.S. AGM-88B High Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles into 29 AGM-88E AARGM all-up-rounds for Italy, as well as three for the U.S. Navy. The contract includes the procurement of AARGM full-rate production Lot 7 manufacturing, delivery, spare parts and deployment. Work will be performed in Northridge, Calif., Ridgecrest, Calif., and Sanguinetto, Italy. Work is expected to be completed in March 2020. Navy fiscal 2016 weapons procurement funds, Navy fiscal 2018 research, development, test and evaluation funds, and non-U.S. Department of Defense participant funds in the amount of $22 million will be obligated at time of award, with $583,629 set to expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile is designed to attack enemy air-defense systems by tracking and destroying their radars, allowing follow-up attacks to strike their associated missiles and guns. The weapon is used by the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and Italian air force. It is compatible with the F/A-18 Hornet, Tornado, EA-18G, F-16 , EA-6B, F-35 fighter and other electronic warfare aircraft.
Raytheon receives contract for AIM-9X, training missiles Washington (UPI) Sep 14, 2018 Raytheon Missile Systems has received a $24.7 million contract for the procurement of spares, containers, and materials to refurbish and repair AIM-9X infrared missile and Captive Air Training Missiles. The contract, announced Thursday by the Department of Defense, provides for four active optical target detectors and radio frequency data links, four tactical guidance units, eight CATM guidance units, five containers, one Block I propulsion steering section, one Block 2 PSS, five all-up-round c ... read more
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