Enhancing Naval Systems: Raytheon Awarded $34 Million for Critical CEC Development
Raytheon Co., Largo, Florida, was awarded a $34,050,495 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee, and cost only contract for design, development, integration, test, and maintenance of system capabilities for the design agent and engineering support efforts to the critical major weapon system, Cooperative Engagement Capabilities (CEC). This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $903,955,218. This contract combines purchases for the Navy (65%), and the governments of Japan (15%), Australia (13%), Canada (6%), and Germany (1%) under the Foreign Military Sales (FMS) program. Work will be performed in St. Petersburg, Florida (81%); Largo, Florida (16%); and Maynard, Massachusetts (3%), and is expected to be completed by November 2025. If all options are exercised, work will continue through November 2029. Fiscal 2025 research, development, test, and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $19,351,943 (57%); FMS Japan funds in the amount of $5,125,932 (15%); FMS Australia funds in the amount of $4,595,000 (13%); FMS Canada funds in the amount of $2,020,000 (6%); fiscal 2024 research, development, test, and evaluation (USMC) funds in the amount of $1,000,000 (3%); fiscal 2025 operations and maintenance (USMC) funds in the amount of $700,000 (2%); fiscal 2024 research, development, test, and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $681,760 (2%); fiscal 2025 operations and maintenance (Navy) funds in the amount of $507,360 (1%); and FMS Germany funds in the amount of $68,500 (1%) will be obligated at time of award, of which $2,889,120 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was not competitively procured in accordance with 10 U.S. Code 3204(a)(1)(only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements). The Naval Sea Systems Command, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity (N00024-25-C-5239). (Awarded Nov. 26, 2024)
