Raytheon Company's Missiles and Defense Division received a $158,274.93 delivery order from Air Force Materiel Command on October 29, 2019, for baseline rocket motor testing and inspection activities supporting the AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) program. The work was performed in Tucson, Arizona, under a cost-plus-fixed-fee contract structure with completion scheduled for March 31, 2020. This delivery order carries no set-aside designation and was executed without competitive solicitation, leveraging Raytheon's established position as the dominant prime contractor for the AMRAAM program. Alliant Techsystems Operations LLC (Northrop Grumman Computing Systems) was awarded a firm fixed-price subcontract on November 5, 2019, to support the rocket motor activities.
The award supports the AIM-120 AMRAAM program, a Major Defense Acquisition Program operating under Acquisition Category IC that develops and sustains beyond-visual-range air-to-air missiles for all-weather operations across the U.S. Air Force, Navy, and allied nations. Raytheon serves as the program's prime contractor and holds multiple indefinite delivery contracts with AFMC and other defense agencies for AMRAAM sustainment, technical support, and production activities. The baseline rocket motor testing and inspection effort represents routine technical validation work within the broader AMRAAM sustainment portfolio, ensuring continued operational reliability of the missile system's propulsion components.