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ATK Wins $55M for AGM-88E Production

Alliant Techsystems, Mission Systems Group, Advanced Weapons Div., Woodland Hills, Calif., is being awarded a fixed price incentive fee contract with a not-to-exceed value of $55,147,226 for the low rate initial production of AGM-88E Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missiles (AARGMs), to include conversion of U.S. Government-provided AGM-88B High-Speed Anti-Radiation Missiles (HARMs) into 27 AGM-88E AARGM All-Up-Round (AUR)/Captive Air Training (CATM) missile systems.

In addition, this contract provides for related supplies and services required for manufacture, sparing, and fleet deployment.

Work will be performed in Woodland Hills, Calif. (87.5 percent); Rocket Center, W.V. (11 percent); and Clearwater, Fla. (1.5 percent), and is expected to be completed in March 2011. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year.

The Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00019-09-C-0026).

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