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Raytheon Awarded $403 Million For Three AMDR LRIP Units

Friday, March 15th, 2019

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Raytheon Awarded $403 Million For Three AMDR LRIP Units

An artist's rendering of Raytheon's Air and Missile Defense Radar on a destroyer. (Image: Raytheon)

Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $403 million modification on March 14 to produce three more Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) low-rate initial production (LRIP) units. These additional AMDR units, in an option exercised from an earlier contract award, will be deployed on Arleigh Burke-class DDG-51 Flight III ships. The AMDR is the primary upgrade for the Flight III destroyers, featuring an AN/SPY-6 radar that is better able to detect and track ballistic missile threats. Work…

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