TUCSON, Ariz., June 16, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- After recently
achieving Milestone C, Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) has been
awarded a $30,947,228 fixed-price
incentive firm contract for the Small Diameter Bomb II (SDB
II).
Raytheon will provide low-rate initial production for 144 SDB II
Lot 1 munitions, 156 SDB II Lot 1 single weapon containers, eight
SDB II weapon load crew trainers and conventional munitions
maintenance trainers, four SDB II Lot 1 practical explosive
ordnance disposal system trainers, and data.
Work will be performed in Tucson and is expected to be complete
by May 30, 2017.
About SDB II
SDB II employs Raytheon's unprecedented tri-mode seeker. The new
seeker operates in multi-attack modes: millimeter-wave radar,
uncooled imaging infrared and semi-active laser. These sensors
enable the weapon to seek and destroy targets, both moving and
stationary, even in adverse weather conditions from standoff
ranges.
SDB II can strike targets from a range of more than 40 nautical
miles, with a dynamic warhead that can destroy both soft and
armored targets, while keeping collateral damage to a minimum
through a small explosive footprint. The highly accurate SDB II
offers warfighters the flexibility to change targets after release
through a secure datalink that passes in-flight updates to the
weapon.
The Department of Defense has validated SDB II as a weapon that
meets a critical warfighter need and has invested more than
$700 million in the SDB II
program.
About Raytheon
Raytheon Company, with 2014 sales of $23
billion and 61,000 employees worldwide, is a technology and
innovation leader specializing in defense, civil government
and cybersecurity markets throughout the world. With a history
of innovation spanning 93 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art
electronics, mission systems integration and other capabilities in
the areas of sensing; effects; and command, control, communications
and intelligence systems, as well as cybersecurity and a broad
range of mission support services. Raytheon is headquartered in
Waltham, Mass. For more about Raytheon, visit www.raytheon.com
and follow us on Twitter @raytheon.
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