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Radar/EW
Raytheon begins production of the AN/SPY-6(V) radar - News
May 03, 2017
TEWKSBURY, Mass. U.S. Navy officials approved production of Raytheon's AN/SPY-6(V) radar. The fixed price incentive modification to a previously award contract (N00024-14-C-5315) to exercise options for Air and Missile Defense Radar Program (AMDR) Low Rate Initial Production is worth $327 million for the first three ship sets.
Unmanned
Navy tests SM-6 weapon on road to full operational capability - News
April 27, 2017
PACIFIC MISSILE RANGE FACILITY, Hawaii. The Navy reports successful execution of four flight tests of the surface-to-air Standard Missile-6 Block I (SM-6 Blk I) off the Hawaiian coast; the tests were conducted at the beginning of April.
Comms
Air Force awards Raytheon $375 million initial contract to modernize command and control centers - News
April 27, 2017
HAMPTON, Va. The U.S. Air Force Materiel Command has awarded Raytheon Co. a contract with an initial value of up to $375 million to sustain and modernize the Air and Space Operations Center Weapon System (AOC WS). Under the contract, Raytheon will update the existing AOC WS baseline software and develop and deploy new software upgrades to improve air and space command and control operations.
Radar/EW
Enterprise air surveillance radar completes preliminary design review - News
April 26, 2017
TEWKSBURY, Mass. The U.S. Navy and Raytheon completed the Preliminary Design Review (PDR) for the new Enterprise Air Surveillance Radar (EASR). The PDR followed several EASR milestones including the combined systems requirements and system functional reviews, and the integrated baseline review.
Comms
Raytheon completes upgrades to processing system for JPSS satellite - News
April 12, 2017
AURORA, Colo. Engineers at Raytheon completed the upgrades and final testing of data transport and processing system for the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPPS) Common Ground System (CGS), which provides weather and environmental data used by NASA, NOAA, the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) and the agencies' international partners.
Radar/EW
Missile Defense Agency selects Raytheon for AN/TPY-2 GaN upgrade - News
April 06, 2017
TEWKSBURY, Mass. U.S. Missile Defense Agency officials tasked Raytheon to continue the development of hardware and software that will add gallium nitride (GaN) semiconductor technology to the AN/TPY-2 ballistic missile defense radar. The contract with the modification is worth an estimate $10 million.
Radar/EW
U.S. Navy conducts first AN/SPY-6(V) AMDR Ballistic Missile test - News
March 31, 2017
WASHINGTON. The U.S. Navy completed a flight test with Raytheon's AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR). During a flight test, designated as Vigilant Hunter, the AN/SPY-6(V) AMDR searched for, detected, and maintained track on a short-range ballistic missile target launched from the Pacific Missile Range Facility at Kauai, Hawaii.
