TEWKSBURY, Mass., Feb. 25, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon
Company [NYSE: RTN] is enhancing the combat-proven Patriot™ Air and
Missile Defense System under a $314
million task order for engineering services from the U.S.
Army, awarded on January 30. The task
order is funded by the 17 nations that rely on Patriot for
integrated air and missile defense. This is the third of five
annual, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity task order awards
with a total contract ceiling of more than $2.3 billion.
"These modernization efforts ensure Patriot continues to outpace
the advancing and proliferating threat, and will be ready when
needed," said Tom Laliberty, vice
president of Integrated Air and Missile Defense at Raytheon's
Integrated Defense Systems business. "The 17-nation Patriot
partnership shares the cost and reaps the benefit of continued
investment in the system."
Under the task order, Raytheon is providing comprehensive
engineering services including systems, software and hardware
development, integration and test services, configuration
management and logistics support. Additionally, many of the project
results will be incorporated into Patriot Post Deployment Build
8.1, a series of software and hardware capabilities, including:
- New cutting edge methods to search, detect, track,
discriminate, engage, and defeat a wide range of evolving threats
including tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, and
military aircraft.
- Integrating Warfighter Machine Interface into Patriot. WMI
provides a total view of that battlespace, with 3-D visuals,
easy-to-read status pages and search functions.
As part of the contract, Raytheon is also:
- Enhancing the resilience of Patriot against evolving cyber
threats
- Developing solutions that enhance readiness and reduce life
cycle costs by making the system more reliable.
- Replacing obsolete parts of Patriot's communications system,
enabling Patriot to reliably operate until the U.S. Army's new
Integrated Air and Missile Defense command and control system comes
on-line.
Raytheon's Global Patriot Solutions is the most advanced,
tactical air and missile defense system in the world, providing
protection against a full range of advanced threats, including
aircraft, tactical ballistic missiles, cruise missiles and unmanned
aerial vehicles.
About Raytheon
Raytheon Company, with
2019 sales of $29 billion and 70,000
employees, is a technology and innovation leader specializing in
defense, civil government and cybersecurity solutions. With a
history of innovation spanning 98 years, Raytheon provides
state-of-the-art electronics, mission systems integration,
C5I® products and services, sensing, effects, and
mission support for customers in more than 80 countries. Raytheon
is headquartered in Waltham,
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Note to Editors
The 17 Patriot Nations are:
- United States of America
- The Netherlands
- Germany
- Japan
- Israel
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- Kuwait
- Taiwan
- Greece
- Spain
- Republic of Korea
- United Arab Emirates
- Qatar
- Romania
- Sweden
- Poland
- The Kingdom of Bahrain
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