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Air Force

Raytheon Wins $128 Million Air Force Contract To Operate Forward-Deployed Radars

Tuesday, February 28th, 2017

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Raytheon Wins $128 Million Air Force Contract To Operate Forward-Deployed Radars

The U.S. Air Force awarded Raytheon [RTN] a four year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract worth up to $128 million to operate and maintain radar stations aboard two naval ships, the company said Monday.The contract is known as Mobile Sensors and will have Raytheon operate and maintain the Cobra King radar aboard the United States Naval Ship Howard O. Lorenzen (TAGM-25) and the Gray Star radar aboard the USNS Invincible (TAGM-24). Raytheon is the original developer of the Cobra King.The two shipboard…

Congress

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Budget

Hegseth Pushes For Reconciliation With At Least $350 Billion For Defense ‘Regardless’ Of Midterms Outcome

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Congress

Bipartisan Push in Senate to Hasten Export of 155 mm, GMLRS, HIMARS for Ukraine

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