Competitive Phase of FAB-T Terminal Program Enters Home Stretch

摘要

Raytheon's $34 million contract modification to continue developing a secure strategic-communications satellite terminal for the U.S. Air Force comes as the hotly contested program enters its final competitive phase. McKinney, Texas-based Raytheon Network Centric Systems is locked in a two-way battle with Boeing for a lucrative contract to produce the Family of Beyond Line of Sight-Terminals (FAB-T), which will enable the president to communicate via satellite with national command authorities during a nuclear war. The Air Force plans to award final development-phase contracts this summer, to be followed by a production award to a single company before the end of the year.