TUCSON, Ariz., July 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Company has been awarded a
$74 million contract add-on to the previously awarded AIM-120 Advanced Medium-
Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) Lot 16 production contract. This award
brings the total number of missiles ordered in Lot 16 to 612 with a total
contract value of $239 million.
The award was made by the U.S. Air Force Air Armament Center Counterair
Joint Systems Program Office (JSPO), Eglin Air Force Base, Fla.
The additional missiles will be produced for the U.S. Air Force and Navy
and international customers. As previously reported, the Lot 16 through 21
production options represent sales approaching $2 billion over the next eight
years with a potential quantity of up to 5,000 missiles. To date, more than
11,000 missiles have been produced for U.S. and international customers.
Work will be performed at Raytheon's facilities in Tucson, Ariz., and
Andover, Mass. Final assembly and delivery will occur in Tucson. Production is
expected to be complete in August 2004.
AMRAAM is a software-driven, radar-guided missile that gives pilots the
ability to "launch and leave" and to engage multiple targets during a single
engagement.
AMRAAM is fully operational on the F-15, F-16, F/A-18, the German F4F, the
UK Sea Harrier, Swedish JA-37 Viggen and the JAS-39 Gripen. It is currently
being integrated on the F-22, Eurofighter, Harrier II Plus, Tornado and the
Joint Strike Fighter. AMRAAM also has been adapted to a surface-to-air role
for air defense and is operational in Norway as the Norwegian Advanced
Surface-to-Air Missile System (NASAMS) and has been demonstrated in a HAWK-
AMRAAM system and on a High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV)-
based system called HUMRAAM.
The U. S. Marine Corps awarded a contract last year to Raytheon for its
version of HUMRAAM, called Complementary Low Altitude Weapons System (CLAWS),
which will be introduced into operational service by 2005. The U.S. Army also
is generating a requirement for a HUMRAAM system, called Surface Launch AMRAAM
(SLAMRAAM). The surface-launched AMRAAM market potential is estimated at more
than 5,000 missiles over the next 10 years.
With headquarters in Lexington, Mass., Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) is a
global technology leader in defense, government and commercial electronics,
and business aircraft.
Contact:
Sara Hammond
520-794-7810
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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