Raytheon [RTN] signed a five-year commercial performance-based logistics (PBL) contract with RUAG Switzerland Ltd. to service Switzerland’s
advanced digital radar warning receiver, the company said Friday.
The ALR-67(V)3 warns F-18 pilots of potentially hostile activities using real-time situational awareness, the company said.
“A PBL is like a service contract you’d buy with a car that recognizes extended use requires maintenance and periodic fixes. In this case, we will leverage our know-how and experience sustaining the 67(V)3 to enable a nearly 100-percent-supply availability of the system,” Michael Baladjanian, director at Raytheon’s space and airborne systems business area, said in a statement.
This commercial PBL is the first of its kind for Switzerland, providing access to Raytheon’s existing Navy PBL experience while maintaining control of their systems, the company said.
“Instead of defining rigid program requirements, PBLs define performance metric outcomes. It focuses on support versus design and development. Our two key metrics for this PBL are availability and reliability,” Baladjanian added.
Raytheon has previously maintained the U.S. Navy’s ALR-67(V)3 PBL contract for 17 years. The company noted under the Navy PBL Raytheon’s service improved mean flight hours between issues by over 50 percent.