The Naval Air Systems Command has a requirement for an engineering change to the AN/APG-79 Active Electronically Scanned Array (AESA) radar for the F/A-18 & EA-18G aircraft. The engineering change upgrades the general purpose processor in order to support additional capability requirements. The AESA Original Equipment Manufacturer is Raytheon Company, El Segundo, CA. The Navy intends to negotiate the engineering change (ECP 6381) as a sole source firm fixed price delivery order to the F/A-18 & EA-18G Basic Ordering Agreement with Raytheon. Raytheon will be responsible for the non-recurring and recurring production changes. Award of the delivery order will be made with authority under FAR 6.302-1, only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirements. Raytheon has the requisite RADAR manufacturing knowledge, experience, and technical data required to respond to this requirement. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. Interested parties may identify their interest and submit technical information and a technical capability statement in response to this notice. Responses without a return address, mailing address, and company telephone number will not be recognized. No phone calls will be accepted. Proprietary data in the responses will be protected where so designated. Offerors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registration (CCR) database to be eligible for contract award or payment from any DoD activity. A determination not to compete this proposed effort based on responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. For small business or subcontracting opportunities, contact Raytheon at (310) 616-1683. See Number Note 22.

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