AN/APG-79 ECP 6038R2/R3

The Naval Air Systems Command awarded a Firm-Fixed Price delivery order to The Boeing Company under Basic Ordering Agreement N00019-11-G-0001 for supplies and services related to Engineering Change Proposal 6038 for F/A-18 E/F aircraft. This specific procurement includes 30 R2/R3 retrofit kits for the AN/APG-79 active electronically scanned array radar radomes. The action was executed under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 2304(c)(1) and FAR 6.302-1, designating Boeing as the only responsible source capable of satisfying the agency requirements due to its role as the sole designer, developer, and manufacturer of the aircraft. This order falls under a broader Class Justification and Approval covering fiscal years 2011 through 2015, which authorizes sole-source orders for F/A-18 and EA-18G weapon systems and subsystems with an estimated total value of approximately 1.59 billion dollars. Managed by the Department of Defense office in Patuxent River, Maryland, the procurement leverages Boeing's specialized radar knowledge and status as the Original Equipment Manufacturer to ensure technical and schedule requirements are met without undue delay.