Air Force to spend up to $125 million on software updates for AMRAAM inventory

By Sara Sirota / February 19, 2020 at 11:01 AM

The Air Force is planning to spend up to $125 million for software updates to its inventory of AIM-120 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missiles.

According to a presolicitation notice published today, the Air Force will sole-source an award to AMRAAM provider Raytheon.

The service is eyeing a five-year indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract with an ordering period from October 2020 through September 2024 and a performance period not to extend past September 2026.

"Delivery orders issued under this IDIQ contract will include, but not be limited to, software development enablers, such as the Candidate Selection Program (CSP); other risk reduction or special interest studies," the notice states.

The work will also entail "modeling and simulation activities, to include lethality analysis and hardware-in-the loop/lab test environment upgrades; software development and studies to counter emerging threats; and the ability to develop foreign military sales software version if required," the notice continues.

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