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USAF Awards Raytheon Nearly $1.2 Billion for AMRAAM, As HASC Outlines Need for Integrated Air-to-Air Missile Development

USAF Awards Raytheon Nearly $1.2 Billion for AMRAAM, As HASC Outlines Need for Integrated Air-to-Air Missile Development
A senior airman from the 58th Aircraft Maintenance Unit loosens a strap, on an AMRAAM during Exercise Combat Archer at Eglin AFB, Fla. on June 10, 2020 (U.S. Air Force Photo)

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Raytheon Technologies' [RTX] missiles and defense unit in Tucson, Ariz., a nearly $1.2 billion contract for production lot 37 of the company's Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM). The contract "provides for the production of AMRAAM missiles, AMRAAM telemetry system, initial and field spares, and other production engineering support activities," DoD said in a June 20 contract announcement. Work is to finish by Jan. 31, 2027 and involves unclassified Foreign Military Sales to Ukraine,…

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