AIM-9X Block II System Improvement Program (SIP), Increment III

The Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) awarded a Cost Reimbursement contract to Raytheon Missiles Systems (RMS), 1151 East Hermans Road, Tucson, AZ 85734-1337 for Increment III of the AIM-9X Block II System Improvement Program (SIP III). This program is for the design, development, integration, and test of hardware modifications to meet component obsolescence and Cost Reduction Initiative requirements, and for the design, development, integration and test of software modifications of the Operational Flight software (OFS) to enhance system performance, support Foreign Military Sales (FMS) and expand platform integration readiness. The Contract will also provide for aircraft integration on threshold and objective aircraft platforms. In 1996, Hughes Missile Systems Company (subsequently acquired by Raytheon Missile Systems (Raytheon)) was competitively selected to be the designer, developer, manufacturer and integrator of the AIM-9X missile. At that time, the Government did not procure a Technical Data Package (TDP) for re-procurement purposes and required Raytheon to retain configuration control of items not affecting the system specification. In order to award a contract for the efforts described in this synopsis to any source other than Raytheon, the Government would have to procure the TDP and invest substantial funds in qualifying a second source. Therefore, the efforts described in this synopsis cannot be performed by any source other than Raytheon without substantial duplication of costs that are not expected to be recovered through competition. The authority for Other than Full and Open Competition is 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1), as implemented by Federal Acquisition Regulation 6.302-1 "Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements."