DefenceTalkRaytheon has been awarded $35.5 million to provide the U.S. Navy with AN/AQS-20A minehunting sonar systems and equipment. The system leverages advanced sonar technologies to support the Navy’s critical minehunting missions, ensuring safe access and passage for military and civilian vessels on the world’s oceans and waterways. Deployed from the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) as […]https://www.defencetalk.com/raytheon-awarded-minehunting-sonar-contract-58922/

DefenceTalkThe temperatures may have been cold here last week, but Thompson Hill Complex was hot as about 70 Soldiers from B Battery, 5th Battalion, 5th Air Defense Artillery Regiment, from Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., performed live-fire Counter-Rocket, Artillery and Mortar training. The Soldiers, who are a mix of Air Defense Artillery, known as ADA, military […]https://www.defencetalk.com/avenger-crew-members-transition-to-c-ram-58785/

DefenceTalkRaytheon has been awarded a $31 million contract from the Korean Defense Acquisition Program Administration for additional AGM-65G-2 Maverick missiles. Under the direct commercial sale, Raytheon will supply the missiles to the Republic of Korea Air Force. “These new Mavericks will provide the Republic of Korea Air Force with additional firepower and will add to […]https://www.defencetalk.com/raytheon-receives-maverick-missile-contract-from-south-korea-50694/

DefenceTalkRaytheon and the French Air Force completed a demonstration of a penetrator variant of a Paveway GBU-50 from a Mirage 2000D multirole fighter jet. The weapon met all flight objectives and scored a direct hit against a reinforced concrete slab. “Raytheon is committed to delivering GBU-50’s unique capabilities to our French customer, ” said Mike […]https://www.defencetalk.com/raytheon-demos-enhanced-paveway-ii-gbu-50s-for-french-airforce-50199/

DefenceTalkRaytheon Company has signed a contract with BAE Systems in support of upgrading the Republic of Korea’s fleet of more than 130 KF-16C/D Block 52 aircraft. As a key subcontractor to BAE Systems, the company will provide an integrated solution that includes the Raytheon Advanced Combat Radar (RACR), ALR-69A all-digital radar warning receiver, advanced mission […]https://www.defencetalk.com/raytheon-secures-first-international-customer-for-its-f-16-racr-aesa-radar-50202/

DefenceTalkRaytheon Company (RTN) has received a direct commercial sales contract from The Sultanate of Oman for the National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS). The award, valued at $1.28 billion, includes ground support equipment, a full training package, and technical assistance. NASAMS is the trusted system that protects critical assets in six nations, including the U.S. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/raytheon-receives-contract-for-ground-based-air-defense-system-for-oman-50166/

DefenceTalkRaytheon has received a resume work order from the U.S. Navy to commence development of the new Air and Missile Defense Radar. The order followed the official Government Accountability Office update of its database to reflect the status of the AMDR contract award protest as withdrawn. On October 10, 2013, Raytheon was awarded a $385,742,176 […]https://www.defencetalk.com/raytheon-resumes-work-on-us-navy-air-and-missile-defense-radar-50102/

DefenceTalkRaytheon’s Patriot Air and Missile Defense System test fired nine Patriot missiles at McGregor Range, N.M., during its annual Field Surveillance Program (FSP), successfully engaging inbound and outbound unmanned air breathing targets. This was the first FSP conducted with the PAC-2 missiles, using the recently launched Post Deployment Build-7 (PDB-7) software and the modernized radar […]https://www.defencetalk.com/patriot-missiles-demonstrate-field-readiness-49949/

DefenceTalkThe U.S. Army and Raytheon have fired 10 precision-guided Excalibur projectiles during the final phase of compatibility testing at Yuma Proving Ground. This live-fire demonstration, funded by the U.S., Germany and supported by Raytheon-funded initial testing, marked the completion of a multi-phase assessment that verified Excalibur’s compatibility and performance with the PzH2000 self-propelled howitzer. During […]https://www.defencetalk.com/raytheon-precision-testing-of-self-propelled-howitzer-49905/

DefenceTalkRaytheon and Chemring Group have fired a Javelin missile from the multirole CENTURION launcher during testing at the Defence Training Estate on Salisbury Plain in England. “We’re bringing an entirely new dimension to ship self-defense by providing a sea-based, inside-the-horizon platform protection,” said Rick Nelson, vice president of Raytheon Missile Systems’ Naval and Area Mission […]https://www.defencetalk.com/raytheon-completes-first-live-fire-test-of-centurion-launcher-49900/