ESSM Launch

Raytheon Co. in Tucson, AZ received a $162.8 million firm-fixed-price modification to previously awarded contract (N00024-05-C-5482) to procure 251 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles (ESSM), 38 shipping containers and spares for the NATO Sea Sparrow consortium. Work will be performed in Tucson, Ariz. (38%); Andover, Mass. (10%); Camden, Ark. (5%); Minneapolis, Minn. (1%); and the countries of Australia (13%); Canada (7%); Norway (7%); Germany (7%); The Netherlands (6%); Spain (3%); Denmark (1%); Greece (1%); and Turkey (1%), and is expected to be completed by October 2007. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Naval Sea Systems Command in Washington, D.C. issued the contract.