Raytheon Awarded $304 M for Ballistic Missile Defense System Upgrades

摘要

The Missile Defense Agency has awarded Raytheon Co. a $304 M contract to develop advanced tracking and discrimination capabilities for the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) forward-based AN/TPY-2-radar. Under the contract, Raytheon is responsible forrnthe development and test of radar software, various engineering tasks, maintenance and support, infrastructure upgrades and deployment mission planning. Work will be performed at the company's Missile Defense Center, Woburn, MA, and the Warfighter Protection Center, Huntsville, AL. "This award underscores the importance of providing our warfighters with state-of-the-art missile defense technologies to address emerging threats," said Pete Franklin, vice president, National & Theater Security Programs for Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems (IDS).