Planar Array Antenna Assembly (PAAA) Production for the Cooperative

Raytheon Company, Largo, Florida, has been awarded a $32,740,207 firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and cost-only contract for Planar Array Antenna Assembly (PAAA) production requirements to support the Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) program. This contract includes options which, if exercised, would bring the cumulative value of this contract to $237,882,026. Work will be performed in Largo, Florida (58 percent), McKinney, Texas (32 percent), St. Petersburg, Florida (7 percent), and Andover, Massachusetts (3 percent) and is expected to be completed by June 2022. If all options are exercised, work will continue through April 2025.

The Planar Array Antenna Assembly (PAAA) is a multi-face antenna assembly used in the shipboard AN/USG-2x Cooperative Engagement Capability (CEC) configuration. The CEC program supports Integrated Fire Control capability. CEC provides the means to network sensors, thereby significantly improving strike force air and missile defense capabilities by coordinating measurement data from strike force air search sensors on CEC-equipped units into a single, integrated real-time, composite track air picture. CEC improves battle force effectiveness by improving overall situational awareness and by enabling longer range, cooperative, multiple, or layered engagement strategies. This contract will include scope for performance and delivery of PAAA production units, PAAA spare parts, and engineering services with option quantities in support of both FMS and USN requirements.