Raytheon Systems Company, El Segundo, Calif., is being awarded a $17,349,231 modification to previously awarded contract N00030-98-C-0009 for repair of TRIDENT II MK6 missile guidance system electronic assemblies, and to provide related hardware. Work will be performed in El Segundo, Calif., and is expected to be completed by December 2000. Contract funds in the amount of $9,240,384 will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. The Strategic Systems Programs, Washington, D.C., is the contracting activity.

Veridian Engineering, Inc., Buffalo, N.Y., is being awarded a $15,663,543 time and materials indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide engineering and technical support services for the F/A-18 program. The estimated level of effort for this contract is 336,150 labor hours. Work will be performed in Lexington Park, Md., and is expected to be completed by November 2000. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract was competitively procured with 52 firms solicited and two offers received. The Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division, Patuxent River, Md., is the contracting activity (N00421-00-D-0126).

Rockwell Collins, Inc., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, is being awarded a $39,199,707 firm-fixed-price contract, F33657-98-C-0036, to provide for one each prototype Group A and B Global Air Traffic Management modification kits, and associated data, in support of the KC-135 aircraft. There were four firms solicited and two proposals received. Expected contract completion date is April 17, 2001. Solicitation issue date was Feb. 22, 1999. Aeronautical Systems Center, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio, is the contracting activity.