Raytheon awarded $38 Million U.S. Air Force delivery order to modify weapons training equipment

INDIANAPOLIS,  – Raytheon Company has received a $37.9 million delivery order from the U.S. Air Force to modify weapons data link equipment used in pilot training for F-15 fighter aircraft.

F-15 Eagle all-weather tactical fighter ( Ben Bloker/ Norad )
This is the second delivery order under a 2007 indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract awarded to Raytheon Technical [...]

Raytheon Selected to Compete for U.K. Royal Navy Training Contract

RESTON, Va., — Raytheon Company  has been selected by the U.K. Ministry of Defence to compete for a program that will provide support to the Royal Navy across initial entry training, warfighting shore training and youth training.  As part of this downselect, Raytheon, through its U.K. subsidiary Raytheon Systems Limited, will compete with three other [...]

Raytheon Team Selected for U.S. Army Battle Command Development Contract

FORT MONMOUTH, N.J., May 26, 2009  – A team led by Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) received an indefinite delivery-indefinite quantity award for the U.S. Army Battle Command Development contract.
The Battle Command Development contract, managed by the U.S. Army Communications and Electronics Command, is a five-year, multi-award vehicle worth up to $777.4 million.
The award enables the [...]

Captive Flight Test Moves Raytheon and Lockheed’s NLOS-LS Closer to U.S. Navy Live Fire Testing

EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla., May 4, 2009 — NetFires LLC, a joint venture between Raytheon Company and Lockheed Martin , conducted the second captive flight test of the Non Line-of-Sight-Launch System Precision Attack Missile (PAM).
NLOS-LS provides the warfighter with immediate, precise and responsive fires on high-payoff targets with real-time target acquisition and battle effects. [...]

Raytheon Awarded $9 Million Option for Patriot Technical Services

TEWKSBURY, Mass., May 1, 2009 — Raytheon Company has been awarded $9 million to support Patriot missile maintenance and facilities in the United States and at overseas locations.

Patriot Launch (Raytheon Company)
The U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., provided the additional funding under a three-year contract previously awarded to Raytheon in January 2008. [...]

Raytheon Awarded $23.5 Million Risk Reduction Contract for Next-Generation GPS Ground Control Segment

AURORA, Colo., April 21, 2009 — Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) received a contract extension to perform additional risk-reduction activities for the U.S. Air Force’s next-generation Global Positioning System Operational Ground Control Segment, or GPS OCX. Raytheon will identify and mitigate program risk to create a roadmap to keep the program on budget and on schedule.
“We [...]

Raytheon’s Dual Band Radar tech successfully tested

TEWKSBURY, Mass., April 8 (UPI)– Raytheon Co. announced it has achieved a milestone in the development of its Dual Band Radar technology after a successful test with the U.S. Navy.

Zumwalt Class Destroyer.
U.S. company Raytheon said the initial light-off testing of its Dual Band Radar, an integrated active phased-array radar suite, at the Navy’s Engineering Test [...]

Raytheon Garners $163.5 Million to Modernize Bradley Vehicle Surveillance Capability

MCKINNEY, Texas, April 6, 2009  – Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) received two contracts totaling $163.5 million to provide 360-degree panoramic surveillance capability for Bradley fighting vehicles.

M3A3 Bradley Fighting Vehicle Systems (BFVS) (image: fas.org)
The firm-fixed price awards call for 822 Commander’s Independent Viewer Block 1 units and spares to equip the U.S. Army Bradley A3.
“Raytheon’s CIV [...]

Saudi Arabia buys Sidewinder missiles

TUCSON, April 3 —  The Royal Saudi Arabian Air Force has contracted Raytheon for the company to deliver AIM-9X Sidewinder missiles.

The AIM-9X Sidewinder infrared-guided missile (Image:fas.org)
U.S. company Raytheon was awarded the contract after an agreement between Saudi Arabian authorities and the U.S. government. Under the deal, Raytheon will deliver an undisclosed number of tactical and [...]

Lockheed Martin’s HIMARS Launcher Successfully Fires Air Defense Missile

DALLAS, TX, March 25th, 2009 — A Lockheed Martin [NYSE: LMT] High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) launcher successfully fired two Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missiles (AMRAAM) during a U.S. Army “common launcher” feasibility demonstration at White Sands Missile Range, NM. U.S. Army and industry representatives conducted the “proof of concept” firing to examine the viability [...]