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Raytheon Wins Five-Year Contract To Service Swiss Radar Warning Receiver

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Raytheon Wins Five-Year Contract To Service Swiss Radar Warning Receiver

The ALR-67(V)3 advanced digital radar warning receiver. Photo: Raytheon.

Raytheon [RTN] signed a five-year commercial performance-based logistics (PBL) contract with RUAG Switzerland Ltd. to service Switzerland’sadvanced digital radar warning receiver, the company said Friday.The ALR-67(V)3 warns F-18 pilots of potentially hostile activities using real-time situational awareness, the company said.“A PBL is like a service contract you'd buy with a car that recognizes extended use requires maintenance and periodic fixes. In this case, we will leverage our know-how and experience sustaining the 67(V)3 to enable a nearly 100-percent-supply availability of…

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