Raytheon Awarded $106 Million for Aegis Radar Work

The U.S. Navy awarded Raytheon Company

a $106.4 million modification to a previously awarded contract for the production of Aegis-related equipment, including the AN/SPY-1(

)V radar transmitter and MK99 Mod 14 Fire Control System. With this modification, Raytheon will continue its long history of reliable manufacturing of these two essential components, which are critical to Aegis' air and missile defense capabilities. The work will support DDG 116, the next planned ship of the Arleigh Burke-class of destroyers, as well as the Aegis Ashore missile defense system. Raytheon's AN/SPY-1 radar transmitters and MK99 Fire Control System, both key elements of the Aegis system, have been in production for more than 30 years as part of the U.S. Navy's Aegis shipbuilding program.