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Navy/USMC

Raytheon Awarded $255 Million for DDG-1002 Mission System Equipment

Valerie Insinna

Monday, January 4th, 2016

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Raytheon Awarded $255 Million for DDG-1002 Mission System Equipment

The first of the Zumwalt class of destroyers, the DDG-1000. Photo: Dana Rene, special to Defense Daily.

Raytheon [RTN] at the end of 2015 picked up a $255 million contract modification for mission system equipment for the Navy’s third Zumwalt-class destroyer, the USS Lyndon B. Johnson (DDG-1002), the company said Monday.Although the contract announcement does not specify what equipment will be procured through this award, Raytheon is responsible for several shipboard systems, including the network that handles all computing applications, the Mk57 Vertical Launching System, and two sonar systems that protect the ship from enemy mines, submarine and…

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