ATFLIR Pod
DID has covered the role of the AN/AQ-228 ATFLIR and other surveillance/ targeting pods, which have changed the way high-end fighters are used in Iraq and Afghanistan. Raytheon Space & Airborne Systems in El Segundo, CA received a $9.1 million cost-plus-fixed-fee order against a previously awarded basic ordering agreement for increased repair quantities of 67 line items of Advance Targeting Forward-Looking InfraRed (ATFLIR) assemblies used on the F/A-18 aircraft.
Work will be performed in El Segundo, CA and is expected to be complete by September 2006. This contract was not procured competitively by the Naval Inventory Control Point issued the contract (N00383-04-G-200H, Order 0003).