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Navy/USMC

Raytheon Awarded $77 Million ESSM Block 2 Transition Contract

Monday, May 21st, 2018

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Raytheon Awarded $77 Million ESSM Block 2 Transition Contract

Spanish frigate Alvaro de Bazan (F-101) launches an ESSM missile to intercept a simulated enemy missile during the Formidable Shield 17 exercise. (Photo: U.S. Navy)

Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $77 million firm-fixed-price contract to transition the Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM) Block 2 engineering, manufacturing, and development (EMD) phase into low-rate manufacturing and production of missiles.The ESSM Is a medium-range ship-launched self-defense missile is an international cooperative upgrade of the RIM-7 Seasparrow missile among the U.S. and 11 other NATO member states. ESSM Block 1 is currently in service as a semi-active-guided missile while Block 2 is being developed to…

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