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Raytheon ‘Quiet Eyes’ Turret Wins Air Force DAC Contract

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Monday, November 22nd, 2010

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By B.C. Kessner The Air Force has awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $5 million Defense Acquisition Challenge (DAC) contract to integrate within nine months the company's Quiet Eyes Laser Turret Assembly (QELTA) with a rugged quantum cascade laser (QCL) for large fixed-wing aircraft. "Raytheon was selected for this award because of our history of providing the military with products on schedule and below cost," Mike Booen, Raytheon's vice president of Advanced Security and Directed Energy Systems, said in a statement. "Quiet…

Congress

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Congress

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Army

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