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Missile Defense

Raytheon Nabs Another $500 Million For X-Band Radar R&D

Tuesday, September 24th, 2019

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Raytheon Nabs Another $500 Million For X-Band Radar R&D

Army Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance Control Model-2 (AN/TPY-2) Radar. (Photo: Raytheon)

The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $500 modification on Sept. 23 to continue research and development work on the Army Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance Control Model-2 (AN/TPY-2) and Sea-Based X-Band (SBX) radars. This addition will raise the total value for the contracted work from over $461 million to $962 million. The work also covers continued product improvement, warfighter support, engineering services, Ballistic Missile Defense System test subject matter experts (SME) support, modeling and simulation SME support, and…

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