By Ann Roosevelt Raytheon [RTN] has submitted its average missile unit production price for the Non-Line-of-Sight Launch System (NLOS-LS), coming in at about a third the cost of a government estimate, a company executive said. "The government has shared a $304,000 average unit production price estimate and on [March 6], our [Raytheon Missile Systems] president provided a letter to PEO Integration, validating our estimate of $198,000," Michelle Lohmeier, deputy vice president of Raytheon Land Combat, told Defense Daily in an…
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