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Raytheon Continues Patriot Services Under $109 Million Contract

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, September 12th, 2014

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Raytheon [RTN] Sept. 10 said it has received a $109 million engineering services contract for its Patriot Air and Missile Defense System. The contract, issued by the Army Aviation and Missile Command, Redstone Arsenal, Ala., is for ongoing technical support and services to the U.S. Army and Foreign Military Sale customers to ensure readiness of their Patriot systems. “Customers around the world will benefit from the maintenance and upgrades that result from this contract–especially the technical baseline improvements designed to…

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