RTX awarded $160.92M Navy contract modification

RTX (RTX) was awarded a not-to-exceed $160.92M undefinitized modification to a previously awarded fixed-price incentive contract. This modification adds scope to provide non-recurring engineering to develop, manufacture, and qualify a second source solid rocket motor assembly and WDU-17/B warhead in support of AIM-9X missile production, as well as provides NRE to support WDU-17/B warhead qualification and transfer of technical data package design activity for the AIM-9X missile in support of the Navy, Air Force, Army, the government of Ukraine, and Foreign Military Sales customers. Additionally, this modification partially exercises options for the production and delivery of 126 AIM-9X-4 Block II Tactical Missiles, 32 AIM-9X missile containers, and 20 spare DSU-41 Active Optical Target Detector and Radio Frequency data links for the Army. Work is expected to be complete by September 2029. The contract action was not competed. Naval Air Systems Command is the contracting activity.