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2 Contracts Below the Sea: Raytheon Inks Pair of Deals for Sub Detection, Other Underwater Intel Tools

Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) signed a pair of contracts worth a total $115.7 million for the AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar (ALFS), the primary undersea warfare sensor for the U.S. Navy’s MH-60R multimission helicopter.

ALFS provides critical undersea warfare mission support capabilities, including submarine detection, tracking, localization, classification, acoustic intercept, underwater communication and environmental data collection.

According to the firm, “under the first contract, valued at $59.7 million, Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems will manufacture, integrate, test and deliver ALFS systems. The company will also provide data and weapons replaceable assemblies for systems under test as well as helicopter maintenance trainer assets. The second contract, for $56 million, provides for spares for fleet-deployed systems.”

ALFS provides a number of underwater intelligence tools, including submarine detection, tracking, localization, classification, acoustic intercept, underwater communication and environmental data collection.

“ALFS provides an essential capability, the centerpiece of our airborne anti-submarine warfare mission, ” said U.S. Navy Rear Adm. Steven R. Eastburg, program executive officer, Air ASW, Assault & Special Mission. “Working in tandem with our other battlegroup assets, the versatility and effectiveness of ALFS delivers our first line of defense against the threat of enemy submarines.”

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