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Raytheon Wins $327 Million Initial Production Contract For AMDR

Friday, May 5th, 2017

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Raytheon Wins $327 Million Initial Production Contract For AMDR

AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar array at the U.S. Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility in Hawaii. (Photo: Raytheon)

The U.S. Navy on May 1 awarded Raytheon [RTN] a $327 million fixed-price-incentive (firm target) contract modification option to produce the first three low-rate initial production (LRIP) AN/SPY-6(V) Air and Missile Defense Radar (AMDR) units.In exercising the LRIP option, the contract also includes non-recurring engineering efforts in support of production.The AMDR SPY-6 is a Gallium Nitride-based air and missile defense radar being developed for the upcoming Flight III version of the Arleigh Burke-class DDG-51 destroyer. It is designed to increase the…

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