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Raytheon Co. in McKinney, TX won an $8.6 million firm-fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the Extended Range/Multi-Purpose Electro/ Optic/ Infrared/ Laser Designator Program. The Advanced EO/IR/LD (Electro-Optic/ Infrared/ Laser Designator) payload is a lightweight, low-cost Reconnaissance, Surveillance and Target Acquisition (RSTA) system designed to enhance the capabilities of the U.S. Army’s Tactical Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (TUAV), which is part of the $120 billion+ Future Combat System program. Advanced EO/IR/LD provides improved stand-off distances and increased search rates for the TUAV, and addresses the need for iimproved target detection capability and target location accuracy.
Work will be performed in McKinney, TX and is expected to be complete by May 12, 2008. There were an unknown number of bids solicited via the Internet on Feb. 1, 2005, and five bids were received. The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command in Fort Monmouth, NJ issued the contract (W15P7T-05-C-S604).