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Raytheon Awarded $60 Million For CH-53, V-22 FLIR Systems

Raytheon Awarded $60 Million For CH-53, V-22 FLIR Systems
A U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion with Marine Heavy Helicopter Squadron (HMH) 461 participates in a live fire range flight during Raven 18-06 at the Combat Readiness Training Center, Gulfport, Miss., August 9, 2018. Raven is a realistic military training exercise, in which HMH-461 provides air support to Marine Corps Forces, Special Operations Command. This exercise allows the squadron to conduct core and mission skill training to improve the squadron’s combat readiness within the Marine Air-Ground Task Force. The CH-53E Super Stallions and crew are assigned to HMH-461, Marine Aircraft Group 29, 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Cody J. Ohira)

Raytheon [RTN] took home a five-year $59.7 million contract by the U.S. Navy for support of its forward looking infrared (FLIR) system aboard the CH-53 and V-22 Osprey aircraft, the Department of Defense said on Wednesday.A $16 million initial delivery order for the contract’s first year was issued “concurrently with the award,” the DoD said in a press release. The U.S. Naval Supply Systems Command (NAVSUP) Weapon Systems Support pulled the $16 million from 2018 Navy working capital funds.Raytheon’s FLIR…

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