The Pentagon announced Tuesday that Raytheon Co. has received a $398.7 million contract from the U.S. Department of War to advance work on the Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) family.
The award is structured as a cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-reimbursement undefinitized contract action. It is intended to support D4/C9 system requirements review and preliminary design review activities, explicitly incorporating efforts for proof of design and proof of manufacturing.
All contracted work will be performed in Tucson, Arizona, where Raytheon is based. The scope as stated covers design and early manufacturing validation tasks rather than production quantities.
The contract includes Foreign Military Sales (FMS) components covering 31 countries. Those nations named in the announcement are the United Arab Emirates, Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Israel, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Kuwait, Lithuania, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Peru, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Spain, Saudi Arabia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Taiwan, and the United Kingdom.
Contracting authority for the award is the Air Force Lifecycle Management Center at Robins Air Force Base, identified under the designation FA8556-26-C-B003. At the time of award, FMS funds totaling $104.1 million are being obligated to the contract.
The announcement specifies an expected completion date of Dec. 11, 2027, for work performed under this contract.
Clear summary - Raytheon will perform design and preliminary manufacturing validation work for AMRAAM D4/C9 under a $398.7 million cost-plus-fixed-fee and cost-reimbursement undefinitized contract awarded by the U.S. Department of War. The effort is based in Tucson and includes FMS participation from 31 named countries, with $104.1 million of FMS funds obligated at award. The Air Force Lifecycle Management Center at Robins Air Force Base is the contracting activity, and the contract is expected to conclude by Dec. 11, 2027.