Surveillance radar R&D contract won by Raytheon
NewsSeptember 25, 2019
WOBURN, Mass. Raytheon attained more than $500 million in a modified contract for research and development (R&D) of two types of advanced surveillance radar systems. The Missile Defense Agency (MDA) announced the $500,615,405 contract, which increases the total ceiling value from $461,492,695 to $962,108,100.
Under the modified contract, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems will continue to perform R&D support work in Woburn, Mass., for the Army Navy Transportable Radar Surveillance Control Model-2 (AN/TPY-2), and the Sea-Based X-Band (SBX) radar system.
MDA officials claim that the contract also calls for product improvement, warfighter support, engineering services, Ballistic Missile Defense System test subject matter experts support, modeling and simulation SME support, and cybersecurity.
The contract period remains from Nov. 1, 2017 through Oct. 31, 2022, with a one year option. The MDA based in Huntsville, Ala., is the contracting activity.
