Author: Matthew Nelson|| Date Published: January 2, 2019
Raytheon (NYSE: RTN) has received a potential five-year, $205.2M contract to support a weapon system designed to help the U.S. Army identify and counter incoming rounds on land.
The cost-plus-fixed-fee contract covers work on the Phalanx radar-guided gun through Dec. 27, 2023, the Department of Defensesaid Friday.
Phalanx is a key component of the Army’s counter-rocket platforms and defends against close-in threats through the use of an infrared sensor as well as computer-controlled search and detection tools.
The U.S. Navy uses the system aboard surface combatant vessels in an effort to defeat anti-ship missiles.
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