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Air Force

Raytheon Confident It Will Prevail In Second Attempt At FAB-T Contract

Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

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Raytheon [RTN] is confident it will prevail in the Air Force’s Family of Advanced Beyond Line-of-Sight (FAB-T) alternate source competition because it is the only provider of Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) terminals in production for the military’s three branches. “In the last 10 years, we’ve actually been under three separate contracts by three different services, the Navy, Air Force and Army, to support the new AEHF satellite system,” Raytheon Director of Integrated Communication Systems Business Development Rick Smith told…

Congress

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Congress

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Congress

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