TEWKSBURY, Mass., Jan. 31, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon
Company (NYSE: RTN) is enhancing the Patriot Air and Missile
Defense System under a $235 million
modernization task order from the U.S. Army.
Announced by the Department of Defense on Jan 30, the system upgrades will be funded by the
14 nations that rely on Patriot for integrated air and missile
defense. This is the first of five annual, indefinite
delivery/indefinite quantity task order awards with a total
contract ceiling of more than $2.3
billion.
"The 14 Patriot partner nations share the cost of further
improving the system through upgrades," said Tom Laliberty, vice president of Integrated Air
and Missile Defense at Raytheon's Integrated Defense Systems
business. "As a result, all partner nations will be able to
continue outpacing and defeating even the most advanced
threats."
Some of the projects Raytheon will work on include:
- Developing 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.
- Enhancing Patriot's ability to counter advanced electronic
countermeasures.
- Increasing Patriot's ability to conduct combat
identification.
- Improving Patriot's interoperability with higher echelon
systems.
- Developing advanced training aids including high fidelity
virtual simulators.
- Reducing Patriot's life cycle costs through modernized hardware
and reliability improvements.
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 2017 sales of
$25 billion and 64,000 employees, is
a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, civil
government and cybersecurity solutions. With a history of
innovation spanning 96 years, Raytheon provides state-of-the-art
electronics, mission systems integration, C5ITM products
and services, sensing, effects, and mission support for customers
in more than 80 countries. Raytheon is headquartered in
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Note to Editors
The 14 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
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